1 Corinthians 15:42

Translations

Modern

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

Traditional

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

Literal

So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility;

Latin

…sic et resurrectio mortuorum. Seminatur in corruptione, surget in incorruptione.

Original

Greek

English

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.

Notes

1 Corinthians 15:42–44

Resurrection bodies will be very different from our mortal bodies, just as plants differ from the seeds they grow from.

1 Corinthians 15:35–58

Paul talks about what resurrection bodies are like, possibly answering doubts. In the Greco-Roman world, people often believed the soul was immortal, but not that the body could rise again.

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Some church members doubted a future resurrection of the dead. Paul reassures them and addresses their skeptical questions by discussing the nature of a resurrection body.

Theme notes and profiles

Paul (Saul) God’s New Covenant Resurrection in the Old Testament The Coming of God’s Kingdom The Day Is Coming The Resurrection of Jesus The Resurrection of the Dead

Related verses

Daniel 12:3
Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.
Matthew 13:43
Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
Philippians 3:20–21
But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
Romans 8:21
…that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.
1 Peter 1:4
…and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,
1 Corinthians 15:50–54
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
Acts 2:31
Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.
Acts 2:27
…because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
Isaiah 38:17
Surely for my own welfare I had such great anguish; but Your love has delivered me from the pit of oblivion, for You have cast all my sins behind Your back.
Romans 1:23
…and exchanged the glory of the immortal God for images of mortal man and birds and animals and reptiles.
Psalm 49:14
Like sheep they are destined for Sheol. Death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning, and their form will decay in Sheol, far from their lofty abode.
Genesis 3:19
By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground—because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Birthright Body Body of Christ Death Eschatology First Letter to the Corinthians Glorification Glory Intermediate State Man Man, Old and New New Creation, New Creature Parousia Peter, the Apostle Place of the Dead Resurrection Second Adam Sleep Spirit of God Transfiguration

Topics

Body: Resurrection of Corruption: Physical Decomposition: After Death Glorified Bodies Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning The Resurrection is not Contrary to Reason The Resurrection: Saints In, Shall: Have Incorruptible Bodies

1 Corinthians 15:42

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