1 Corinthians 15:44

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

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KJV

It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

ASV

it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

YLT

it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;

DBT

It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body: if there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual [one].

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You are sown as are all other things. Why, then, do you wonder whether you will rise again like the rest? You believe the seed because you see it. You do not believe the rising again because you do not see it. "Blessed are they who have not seen, and yet have believed." Yet, before the proper season arrives, not even the seed is believed. For not every season is suitable for seeds to grow. Wheat is sown at one time and comes up at another time. At one time the vine is grafted.

Ambrose of Milan· On the Death of Satyrus 2.60, 397patristic

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It is sown a natural body,.... Or an animal one, being generated as animals are, and supported with food as they be, and die at last as they do: see Ecc 3:

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

It is sown a natural body - Σωμα ψυχικον· An animal body, having a multiplicity of solids and fluids of different kinds, with different functions; composed of muscles, fibres, tendons, cartilages, bones, arteries, veins, nerves, blood, and various juices, requiring continual support from aliment; and hence the necessity of labor to provide food, and skill to prepare it; which food must be masticated, digested, and refined; what is proper for nourishment secreted, brought into the circulation, farther elaborated, and prepared to enter into the composition of every part; hence growth and nutrition; without which no organized body can possibly exist.

Adam Clarke· Commentary on the Bible, 1832evangelical

It is sown in this world a merely animal body - Maintained by food, sleep, and air, like the bodies of brutes: but it is raised of a more refined contexture, needing none of these animal refreshments, and endued with qualities of a spiritual nature, like the angels of God.

John Wesley· Explanatory Notes upon the New Testament, 1755evangelical

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1 Corinthians 2:14
The natural man does not accept the things that come from the Spirit of God. For they are foolishness to him, and he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.
1 Corinthians 15:50
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
John 20:19
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be with you!” He said to them.
Luke 24:31
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
John 20:26
Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”

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Resurrection
The resurrection body described: sown a natural body, raised a spiritual one

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The Crucifixion — 'Christ crucified' (1 Cor 2:2) — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Canon: New Testament
Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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Through
John 20:19
It was the first day of the week, and that very evening, while the disciples were together with the doors locked for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood among them. “Peace be…
leads to
- John 14:27
  Peace I leave with you; My peace I give to you. I do not give to you as the world gives. Do not let your hearts be troubled; do not be afraid.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 20:21
  Again Jesus said to them, “Peace be with you. As the Father has sent Me, so also I am sending you.”
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- John 20:26
  Eight days later, His disciples were once again inside with the doors locked, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came and stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
- Luke 24:36–49
  While they were describing these events, Jesus Himself stood among them and said, “Peace be with you.”
Through
1 Corinthians 15:50
Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
leads to
- John 3:3–6
  Jesus replied, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless he is born again.”
- Matthew 16:17
  Jesus replied, “Blessed are you, Simon son of Jonah! For this was not revealed to you by flesh and blood, but by My Father in heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 5:1
  Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
Through
Luke 24:31
Then their eyes were opened and they recognized Jesus—and He disappeared from their sight.
leads to
- Luke 24:16
  But their eyes were kept from recognizing Him.

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