1 Corinthians 15:43

Good News Translation

When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be beautiful and strong.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
When the body is "planted," it is without honor. But when it is raised, it will be great and glorious. When the body is "planted," it is weak. But when it is raised, it will be full of power.

Revised Standard Version
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
It is sowen in dishonoure and ryseth in honoure. It is sowe in weaknes and ryseth in power. It is sowne a naturall body and ryseth a spretuall body.

Hebrew Names Version
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

International Standard Version
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New American Standard Bible
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

New Century Version
When the body is "planted," it is without honor, but it is raised in glory. When the body is "planted," it is weak, but when it is raised, it is powerful.

Update Bible Version
it is sown in shame; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Webster's Bible Translation
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power:

English Standard Version
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

World English Bible
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Weymouth's New Testament
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
it is sowun in vnnoblei, it schal rise in glorie; it is sowun in infirmyte, it schal rise in vertu;

English Revised Version
it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Berean Standard Bible
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

Contemporary English Version
These ugly and weak bodies will become beautiful and strong.

Amplified Bible
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in strength;

American Standard Version
it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Bible in Basic English
It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:

Complete Jewish Bible
When sown, it is without dignity; when raised, it will be beautiful. When sown, it is weak; when raised, it will be strong.

Darby Translation
It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Etheridge Translation
They are sown in baseness, they arise in glory. They are sown in weakness, they arise in power.

Murdock Translation
they are sown in dishonor, they arise in glory: they are sown in weakness, they arise in power:

King James Version (1611)
It is sowen in dishonour, it is raysed in glorie: it is sowen in weakenesse, it is raysed in power:

New Living Translation
Our bodies are buried in brokenness, but they will be raised in glory. They are buried in weakness, but they will be raised in strength.

New Life Bible
It has no greatness when it is put in a grave, but it is raised with shining-greatness. It is weak when it is put in a grave, but it is raised with power.

New Revised Standard
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Geneva Bible (1587)
It is sowen in dishonour, and is raysed in glory: it is sowen in weakenesse, and is raysed in power.

George Lamsa Translation
It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
It is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory, it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power,

Douay-Rheims Bible
It is sown in dishonour: it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness: it shall rise in power.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
It is sowen in dishonour, it riseth in honour. It is sowen in weakenesse, it ryseth in power.

Christian Standard Bible®
sown in dishonor, raised in glory; sown in weakness, raised in power;

King James Version
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

Lexham English Bible
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Literal Translation
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Young's Literal Translation
it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
It is sowne in dishonoure, & shal ryse in glory:It is sowne in weaknesse, and shal ryse in power: It is sowne a naturall body, & shal ryse a spirituall body.

Mace New Testament (1729)
it is sown in dishonour, it will be raised in glory: it is sown in decay, it will be raised in power:

New English Translation
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

New King James Version
It is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power.

Simplified Cowboy Version
When our bodies are planted, it is with sin and decay. But what we are raised to will be glorious and powerful.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

Legacy Standard Bible
it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;

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

in dishonour: Daniel 12:1, Matthew 13:43, Philippians 3:20, Philippians 3:21

weakness: Job 14:10, *marg. Psalms 102:23, 2 Corinthians 13:4

in power: 1 Corinthians 6:14, Matthew 22:29, Matthew 22:30, Mark 12:24, Mark 12:25, 2 Corinthians 13:14, Philippians 3:10

Reciprocal: Psalms 49:17 - his Ecclesiastes 8:8 - power John 11:25 - I am Colossians 3:4 - ye

Gill's Notes on the Bible

It is sown in dishonour,.... Its original is dishonourable, it comes, as the Jews often say w, מטפה סרוהה, "from a filthy drop"; its generated brought forth in a manner we are ashamed of; it is conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; it is unclean, and born of the flesh: and when born, is in such a condition, as is to the loathing of it; some of its members are less honourable; and so uncomely as always to need a covering; it is subject to various blemishes, defects, and imperfections, and few bodies are without one or another; and liable to many injuries and affronts, as the body of our Lord himself was, who gave his back to the smiters, his cheek to them that plucked off the hair, and hid not his face from shame and spitting; and in death, it is nauseous, filthy, and very dishonourable, so that the nearest relation and friend cannot take pleasure in it, but desires to bury it out of sight; and amidst the greatest funereal pomp and splendour, it is laid in the grave in dishonour, to be the companion of corruption and worms: but in the resurrection,

it is raised in glory; in perfect beauty and comeliness, without the least blemish, defect, or imperfection; nor will there be any part of it that will occasion shame; it will be metamorphosed, and fashioned like to the glorious body of Christ; it will shine as the sun, and be as the brightness of the firmament: and so the Jews understand the passage in Daniel 12:3 they say x that

"God will beautify the bodies of the righteous in time to come, as the body of the first man when he entered into the garden of Eden; and that the soul, whilst it is in its dignity, is sustained by the superior light, and is clothed with it; and when it enters into the body in time to come, it enters with the light; and then will the body shine as the brightness of the firmament, according to

Daniel 12:3.''

It is sown in weakness; it comes into the world in great weakness; what is weaker than the body of a new born babe? it cannot move, nor help itself in any respect; and how weak and defenceless is the body of man, when adult; as he is subject to various diseases and disorders, which weaken his strength in the way, and is surrounded with natural infirmities, arising from hunger, thirst, nakedness, labour, c. so he is not armed, as many other creatures are, for defence and offence nor can he resist and overcome many things which do him hurt, much less can he resist death, or retain his spirit then; and through weakness at last dies, and is devoid of all strength, and as such is laid in the grave, where there is no work that he can do: but

it is raised in power; it is raised by the power of God, and with great power in itself; being able to subsist without food, and of moving itself from place to place, with great agility; and capable of the highest services before God and the Lamb, without weariness; nor will it be ever more liable to weakness or death; death shall have no more power over it; nor shall it be encompassed or attended with any infirmity whatever.

w Pirke Abot, c. 3. sect. 1. x Zohar in Gen. fol. 69. 1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

It is sown in dishonour - In the grave, where it is shut out from human view; hurried away from the sight of friends; loathsome and offensive as a mass turning to decay. There is, moreover, a kind of disgrace and ignominy attending it here, as under the curse of God, and, on account of sin, sentenced to the offensiveness of the grave.

It is raised in glory - In honor; in beauty; honored by God by the removal of the curse, and in a form and manner that shall be glorious. This refers to the fact that everything like dishonor, vileness, ignominy, which attends it here shall be removed there, and that the body shall bear a resemblance to the glorified body of Jesus Christ, Ephesians 3:21. It shall be adapted to a world of glory; and everything which here rendered it vile, valueless, cumbersome, offensive, or degraded, shall be there removed. Of course, every idea which we can get from this is chiefly negative, and consists in denying that the body will have there the qualities which here render it vile or loathsome. The word “glory” (δόξα doxa) means dignity, splendor, honor, excellence, perfection; and is used here as denoting the combination of all those things which shall rescue it from ignominy and disgrace.

It is sown in weakness - Weak, feeble, liable to decay. Here disease prostrates the strength, takes away its power, consigns it to the dust. It denotes the many weaknesses, frailties, and liabilities to sickness, to which we are here exposed, Its feeble powers are soon prostrate; its vital functions soon cease in death.

It is raised in power - This does not denote power like that of God, nor like the angels. It does not affirm that it shall be endued with remarkable and enormous physical strength, or that it shall have the power of performing what would now be regarded as miraculous. It is to be regarded as the opposite of the word “weakness,” and means that it shall be no longer liable to disease; no more overcome by the attacks of sickness; no more subject to the infirmities and weaknesses which it here experiences. It shall not be prostrate by sickness, nor overcome by fatigue. It shall be capable of the service of God without weariness and languor; it shall need no rest as it does here (see Revelation 7:15; compare Revelation 22:5); but it shall be in a world where there shall be no fatigue, lassitude, disease; but where there shall be ample power to engage in the service of God forever. There is, however, no improbability in supposing that the physical powers of man, as well as his intellectual, may be greatly augmented in heaven. But on this point there is no revelation.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 43. It is sown in dishonour — Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of God; and also consigned to death and destruction because of sin. This is the most dishonourable circumstance.

It is raised in glory — It is raised a glorious body, because immortal, and for ever redeemed from the empire of death.

It is sown in weakness — The principles of dissolution, corruption, and decay, have prevailed over it; disease undermined it; and death made it his prey.

It is raised in power — To be no more liable to weakness, through labour; decay, by age; wasting, by disease; and dissolution, by death.