1 Corinthians 15:42 Meaning and Explanation
“So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:”
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Read Full Chapter →So with the resurrection: the body is sown perishable and raised imperishable.
What Does 1 Corinthians 15:42 Mean?
Now Paul applies the images directly to the resurrection. The body is 'sown' in death, subject to decay, and 'raised' in incorruption, no longer able to perish. What was buried as something that rots is raised as something that endures forever.
The contrast is between the fragile present body and the imperishable body to come. Death plants the perishable; God raises the imperishable. For the reader who has known sickness and loss, this is glorious news. The same body that decays will be raised beyond all corruption. The grave is a sowing, and the harvest is a life that can never fade or die again.
1 Corinthians 15:42 in the Original Language
phthora (φθορά), 'corruption' -- decay, the perishing to which the mortal body is subject.
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What does 1 Corinthians 15:42 mean?
So with the resurrection: the body is sown perishable and raised imperishable.