1 Corinthians 15:42 “So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is peris…”

1 Corinthians 15:42

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown perishable; it is raised imperishable.

American Standard Version

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

Geneva Bible 1599

So also is the resurrection of the dead. The bodie is sowen in corruption, and is raysed in incorruption.

Darby Translation

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

Young's Literal Translation

So also [is] the rising again 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:

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Cross references

“is”

Daniel 12:3 Matthew 13:43 1 Corinthians 15:50–54 Philippians 3:20 Philippians 3:21

Daniel 12:3 · BSB

Then the wise will shine like the brightness of the heavens, and those who lead many to righteousness will shine like the stars forever and ever.

Matthew 13:43 · BSB

Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.

1 Corinthians 15:50–54 · BSB

Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

Philippians 3:20 · BSB

But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,

Philippians 3:21 · BSB

who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

“in corruption”

Romans 8:21 Acts 2:27 Acts 2:31 Genesis 3:19 Job 17:14 Psalm 16:10

Romans 8:21 · BSB

that the creation itself will be set free from its bondage to decay and brought into the glorious freedom of the children of God.

Acts 2:27 · BSB

because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

Acts 2:31 · BSB

Foreseeing this, David spoke about the resurrection of the Christ, that He was not abandoned to Hades, nor did His body see decay.

Genesis 3:19 · BSB

By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”

Job 17:14 · BSB

and say to corruption, ‘You are my father,’ and to the worm, ‘My mother,’ or ‘My sister,’

Psalm 16:10 · BSB

For You will not abandon my soul to Sheol, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.

“it is”

1 Peter 1:4 1 Corinthians 15:52–54 Luke 20:35 Luke 20:36

1 Peter 1:4 · BSB

and into an inheritance that is imperishable, undefiled, and unfading, reserved in heaven for you,

1 Corinthians 15:52–54 · BSB

in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

Luke 20:35 · BSB

But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage.

Luke 20:36 · BSB

In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God.

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

In context

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

43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

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