1 Corinthians 15:38 “But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed H…”

1 Corinthians 15:38

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

World English Bible

But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

American Standard Version

but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

Geneva Bible 1599

But God giueth it a body at his pleasure, euen to euery seede his owne body,

Darby Translation

and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body.

Young's Literal Translation

and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

Bible in Basic English

But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.

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Cross references

“But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.”

1 Corinthians 3:7 Isaiah 61:11 Psalm 104:14 Mark 4:26–29 Genesis 1:11 Genesis 1:12

1 Corinthians 3:7 · BSB

So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

Isaiah 61:11 · BSB

For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.

Psalm 104:14 · BSB

He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:

Mark 4:26–29 · BSB

Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.

Genesis 1:11 · BSB

Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.

Genesis 1:12 · BSB

The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants according to their kinds and trees bearing fruit with seed according to their kinds. And God saw that it was good.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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