Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 15:35-41

Christ Is Risen, the Dead Will Be Raised, and Death Will Be Destroyed

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35 But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

36 You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

37 And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

38 But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.

39 Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have another, birds another, and fish another.

40 There are also heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. But the splendor of the heavenly bodies is of one degree, and the splendor of the earthly bodies is of another.

41 The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.

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Verse 35

Original words

But Ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction someone τις G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Nominative Masculine Singular will ask ἐρεῖ G2046 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular How Πῶς G4459 Adverb {are} the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural dead νεκροί G3498 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural raised ἐγείρονται G1453 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural - δὲ G1161 Conjunction With what kind ποίῳ G4169 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Dative Neuter Singular of body σώματι G4983 Noun - Dative Neuter Singular will they come ἔρχονται G2064 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural
Verse 36

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You σὺ G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 2nd Person Singular fool ἄφρων G878 Adjective - Vocative Masculine Singular What G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular you sow σπείρεις G4687 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb does not come to life ζωοποιεῖται G2227 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular unless ἐὰν G1437 Conjunction . . . μὴ G3361 Adverb it dies ἀποθάνῃ G599 Verb - Aorist Subjunctive Active - 3rd Person Singular
Verse 37

Original words

And καὶ G2532 Conjunction what G3739 Personal / Relative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular you sow σπείρεις G4687 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular [is] not οὐ G3756 Adverb the τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular body σῶμα G4983 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular that τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular will be γενησόμενον G1096 Verb - Future Participle Middle - Accusative Neuter Singular but ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction [just] σπείρεις G4687 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 2nd Person Singular vvv γυμνὸν G1131 Adjective - Accusative Masculine Singular a seed κόκκον G2848 Noun - Accusative Masculine Singular perhaps εἰ G1487 Conjunction . . . τύχοι G5177 Verb - Aorist Optative Active - 3rd Person Singular of wheat σίτου G4621 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular or G2228 Conjunction something τινος G5100 Interrogative / Indefinite Pronoun - Genitive Neuter Singular - τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Plural else λοιπῶν G3062 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural
Verse 38

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But δὲ G1161 Conjunction - G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Singular God Θεὸς G2316 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular gives δίδωσιν G1325 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular it αὐτῷ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative Masculine 3rd Person Singular a body σῶμα G4983 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular as καθὼς G2531 Adverb He has designed ἠθέλησεν G2309 Verb - Aorist Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction to each [kind] ἑκάστῳ G1538 Adjective - Dative Masculine Singular of τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Plural seed σπερμάτων G4690 Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural [He gives] its own ἴδιον G2398 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular body σῶμα G4983 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular
Verse 39

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Not Οὐ G3756 Adverb all πᾶσα G3956 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular flesh [is] σὰρξ G4561 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular the G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular same αὐτὴ G846 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative Feminine 3rd Person Singular - ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction - μὲν G3303 Conjunction Men [have] ἀνθρώπων G444 Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural one [kind of] ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular flesh σάρξ G4561 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction animals [have] κτηνῶν G2934 Noun - Genitive Neuter Plural another ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular - σὰρξ G4561 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular - δὲ G1161 Conjunction birds πτηνῶν G4421 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural another ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular - σὰρξ G4561 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular and δὲ G1161 Conjunction fish ἰχθύων G2486 Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural another ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 40

Original words

[There are] also καὶ G2532 Conjunction heavenly ἐπουράνια G2032 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural bodies σώματα G4983 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction earthly ἐπίγεια G1919 Adjective - Nominative Neuter Plural bodies σώματα G4983 Noun - Nominative Neuter Plural But ἀλλὰ G235 Conjunction - μὲν G3303 Conjunction the G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular splendor δόξα G1391 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular of the τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Plural heavenly [bodies] ἐπουρανίων G2032 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural [is of] one [degree] ἑτέρα G2087 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular and δὲ G1161 Conjunction [the splendor] G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular of the τῶν G3588 Article - Genitive Neuter Plural earthly [bodies] ἐπιγείων G1919 Adjective - Genitive Neuter Plural [is of] another ἑτέρα G2087 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Verse 41

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[The] sun ἡλίου G2246 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular [has] one ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular [degree of] splendor δόξα G1391 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction [the] moon σελήνης G4582 Noun - Genitive Feminine Singular another ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular - δόξα G1391 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction [the] stars ἀστέρων G792 Noun - Genitive Masculine Plural another ἄλλη G243 Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular - δόξα G1391 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular and γὰρ G1063 Conjunction star ἀστὴρ G792 Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular differs διαφέρει G1308 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular from star ἀστέρος G792 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition splendor δόξῃ G1391 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular

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