1 Corinthians 15:42

Good News Translation

This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
It will be the same when those who have died are raised to life. The body that is "planted" in the grave will ruin and decay, but it will be raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.

Revised Standard Version
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
So is the resurreccio of ye deed. It is sowe in corrupcio and ryseth in incorrupcion.

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

International Standard Version
This is how it will be at the resurrection of the dead. What is planted is decaying, what is raised cannot decay.Daniel 12:3; Matthew 13:43;">[xr]

New American Standard Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

New Century Version
It is the same with the dead who are raised to life. The body that is "planted" will ruin and decay, but it is raised to a life that cannot be destroyed.

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

Webster's Bible Translation
So also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:

English Standard Version
So is it with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
So also is the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

Weymouth's New Testament
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in a state of decay, it is raised free from decay;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And so the ayenrisyng of deed men. It is sowun in corrupcioun, it schal rise in vncorrupcioun;

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

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

Contemporary English Version
That's how it will be when our bodies are raised to life. These bodies will die, but the bodies that are raised will live forever.

Amplified Bible
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. The [human] body that is sown is perishable and mortal, it is raised imperishable and immortal.

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

Bible in Basic English
So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:

Complete Jewish Bible
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. When the body is "sown," it decays; when it is raised, it cannot decay.

Darby Translation
Thus also [is] the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.

Etheridge Translation
So also is the life of the dead. They are sown in corruption, they arise without corruption.

Murdock Translation
So also in the reviviscence of the dead. They are sown in corruption, they arise without corruption:

King James Version (1611)
So also is the resurrection of the dead, it is sowen in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

New Living Translation
It is the same way with the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies are planted in the ground when we die, but they will be raised to live forever.

New Life Bible
It is the same with people who are raised from the dead. The body will turn back to dust when it is put in a grave. When the body is raised from the grave, it will never die.

New Revised Standard
So it is with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

Geneva Bible (1587)
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The bodie is sowen in corruption, and is raysed in incorruption.

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

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Thus, also the resurrection of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption,

Douay-Rheims Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption: it shall rise in incorruption.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
So is the resurrection of the dead. It is sowen in corruption, it ryseth in incorruption.

Christian Standard Bible®
So it is with the resurrection of the dead: Sown in corruption, raised in incorruption;

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

Lexham English Bible
Thus also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruptibility.

Literal Translation
So also the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

Young's Literal Translation
So also [is] the rising again of the dead: it is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Euen so the resurreccion of the deed. It is sowne in corrupcion,and shal ryse in vncorrupcion:

Mace New Testament (1729)
such will be the resurrection of the dead: the body is sown corruptible, it will be raised incorruptible.

THE MESSAGE
This image of planting a dead seed and raising a live plant is a mere sketch at best, but perhaps it will help in approaching the mystery of the resurrection body—but only if you keep in mind that when we're raised, we're raised for good, alive forever! The corpse that's planted is no beauty, but when it's raised, it's glorious. Put in the ground weak, it comes up powerful. The seed sown is natural; the seed grown is supernatural—same seed, same body, but what a difference from when it goes down in physical mortality to when it is raised up in spiritual immortality!

New English Translation
It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

New King James Version
So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption.

Simplified Cowboy Version
It's going to be the same when the dead are raised again. The body is planted like a seed, but it will be raised as something brand new, something that cannot see death, decay, or destruction.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a perishable body, it is raised an imperishable body;

Legacy Standard Bible
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown a corruptible body, it is raised an incorruptible body;

Contextual Overview

³⁵ Someone will ask, "How can the dead be raised to life? What kind of body will they have?" ³⁶ You fool! When you plant a seed in the ground, it does not sprout to life unless it dies. ³⁷ And what you plant is a bare seed, perhaps a grain of wheat or some other grain, not the full-bodied plant that will later grow up. ³⁸ God provides that seed with the body he wishes; he gives each seed its own proper body. ³⁹ And the flesh of living beings is not all the same kind of flesh; human beings have one kind of flesh, animals another, birds another, and fish another. ⁴⁰ And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the beauty that belongs to heavenly bodies is different from the beauty that belongs to earthly bodies. ⁴¹ The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds of beauty. ⁴² This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal. ⁴³ When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be beautiful and strong. ⁴⁴ When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a spiritual body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

is: 1 Corinthians 15:50-54, Daniel 12:3, Matthew 13:43, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21

in corruption: Genesis 3:19, Job 17:14, Psalms 16:10, Psalms 49:9, Psalms 49:14, Isaiah 38:17, Acts 2:27, Acts 2:31, Acts 13:34-37, Romans 1:23, Romans 8:21

it is: 1 Corinthians 15:52-54, Luke 20:35, Luke 20:36, 1 Peter 1:4

Reciprocal: Job 14:14 - shall he live Mark 12:25 - but Luke 19:19 - Be John 5:28 - for Acts 13:36 - and saw

Gill's Notes on the Bible

So also is the resurrection of the dead,.... This will be the case and condition of risen bodies, they will be as different from what they now are, though they will be the same in substance, as a stalk of wheat in its blade and ear, and full corn in the ear, is from the naked grain, when cast into the earth; or as the flesh of men is from the flesh of beasts, fishes, and birds; or as celestial bodies from terrestrial ones; or as the glory of the sun differs from the glory of the moon and stars; or as one star differs from another star in glory; that this is the apostle's sense is clear from the induction of particulars following, by which he explains in clear terms what he before signified by similitudes:

it is sown in corruption; it should be observed, that the word sown, in this and the following verses, does not merely relate to the interment of the body, but also to its generation; and includes its state, condition, and character, during life; as well as points out what it is at death, and its sepulture in the earth: it is from first to last a corruptible body; it is born frail and mortal, and liable to corruption and death; it is corrupted with sin, and so a vile body; there is a world of iniquity in one of its members, the tongue, and what then must there be in all its parts? but besides this moral corruption, in which it is during the present state, it is liable to a natural one; from the crown of the head to the sole of the foot, it may be covered with wounds, bruises, and putrefying sores; a right arm may be dried up and withered away, and a leg may corrupt and mortify, and so any other part; the whole is supported by corruptible things, by meat that perisheth; and which if it did not corrupt and perish, would not be nourishing; and as meats are for the belly, and the belly for meats, in a short time God will destroy both it and them; the whole frame and texture of the body will be dissolved by death, and be brought to worms, corruption, and dust; and in this case will lie in the grave till the resurrection morn:

it is raised in incorruption: the very same body that was sown, generated, lived, and died, shall be raised again, but different from what it was; it will be incorruptible; its parts will be no more subject to corruption; it will not be supported by corruptible things; it will be immortal, and never die more, and will be clear of all its moral corruption; it will no more be a vile body, but fashioned like to the holy and glorious body of Christ.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So also is the resurrection - In a manner similar to the grain that is sown, and to the different degrees of splendor and magnificence in the bodies in the sky and on the earth. The dead shall be raised in a manner analogous to the springing up of grain; and there shall be a difference between the body here and the body in the resurrection.

It is sown - In death. As we sow or plant the kernel in the earth.

In corruption - In the grave; in a place where it shall be corrupt; in a form tending to putrefaction, disorganization, and dust.

It is raised in incorruption - It will be so raised. In the previous verses 1 Corinthians 15:36-41 he had reasoned from analogy, and had demonstrated that it was possible that the dead should rise, or that there was no greater difficulty attending it than actually occurred in the events which were in fact constantly taking place. He here states positively what would be, and affirms that it was not only possible, but that such a resurrection would actually occur. They body would be raised “in incorruption,” “uncorruptible” 1 Corinthians 15:52; that is, no more liable to decay, sickness, disorganization, and putrefaction. This is one characteristic of the body that shall be raised, that it shall be no more liable, as here, to wasting sickness, to disease, and to the loathsome corruption of the grave. That God can form a body of that kind, no one can doubt; that he actually will, the apostle positively affirms. That such will be the bodies of the saints is one of the most cheering prospects that can be presented to those who are here wasted away by sickness, and who look with dread and horror on the loathsome putrefaction of the tomb.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 42. So also is the resurrection of the dead. — That is, the bodies of the dead, though all immortal, shall possess different degrees of splendour and glory, according to the state of holiness in which their respective souls were found. The rabbins have some crude notions concerning different degrees of glory, which the righteous shall possess in the kingdom of heaven. They make out seven degrees:-

"The first of which is possessed by צדיקים tsaddi kim, the just, who observe the covenant of the holy, blessed God, and subjugate all evil affections."

"The second is possessed by those who are ישרים yesharim, the upright; whose delight it is to walk in the ways of God and please him."

"The third is for תמימים temimim, the perfect: those who, with integrity, walk in the ways of God, and do not curiously pry into his dispensations."

"The fourth is for קדושים kedoshim, the holy ones; those who are the excellent of the earth, in whom is all God's delight." Psalms 16:3.

"The fifth is for בעלי תשובה baaley teshubah, the chief of the penitents; who have broken through the brazen doors, and returned to the Lord."

"The sixth is for תינוקות של בית רבן tinukoth shel beith raban, the scholars and tender ones; who have not transgressed."

"The seventh is for חסידים chasidim, the godly: and this is the innermost of all the departments." These seven degrees require a comment by themselves.

There is a saying among the rabbins very like that of the apostle in this and the preceding verse Siphri, in Yalcut Simeoni, page 2, fol. 10: "The faces of the righteous shall be, in the world to come, like suns, moons, the heaven, stars, lightnings: and like the lilies and candlesticks of the temple."

It is sown in corruption — The body is buried in a state of degradation, decay, and corruption. The apostle uses the word sown to intimate that the body shall rise again, as a seed springs up that has been sown in the earth.

It is raised in incorruption — Being no more subject to corruption, dissolution, and death.