KJV King James Version
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
VERSE STUDY • KJV
1 Corinthians 15:44
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
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BSB Berean Standard Bible
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
WEB World English Bible
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
ASV American Standard Version
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 Young’s Literal Translation
it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body; there is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body;
Surrounding context — 1 Corinthians 15
41 [There is] one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for [one] star differeth from [another] star in glory.
42 So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
46 Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
47 The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.
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Original-language word links
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σπείρεταιG4687 · speirōto sowσῶμαG4983 · sōmabodyψυχικόν,G5591 · psuchikosnaturalἐγείρεταιG1453 · egeirōto ariseσῶμαG4983 · sōmabodyπνευματικόν.G4152 · pneumatikosspiritualεἰG1487 · eiifἔστινG1510 · eimito beσῶμαG4983 · sōmabodyψυχικόν,G5591 · psuchikosnaturalἔστινG1510 · eimito beκαὶG2532 · kaiandπνευματικόν.G4152 · pneumatikosspiritual
Cross-references
1 Corinthians 15:50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.John 20:19Then the same day at evening, being the first [day] of the week, when the doors were shut where the disciples were assembled for fear of the Jews, came Jesus and stood in the midst, and saith unto them, Peace [be] unto you.Luke 24:31And their eyes were opened, and they knew him; and he vanished out of their sight.John 20:26And after eight days again his disciples were within, and Thomas with them: [then] came Jesus, the doors being shut, and stood in the midst, and said, Peace [be] unto you.
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