1 Corinthians 15:36
34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.
35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- You fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- KJV
- Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
- WEB
- You foolish one, that which you yourself sow is not made alive unless it dies.
- ASV
- Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:
- DARBY
- Fool; what *thou* sowest is not quickened unless it die.
- BLB
- You Fool! What you sow does not come to life unless it dies.
- ÅB
- Du dåre! det du sår, blir ikke levendegjort uten det dør.
- OTB
- Dumme! Det du planter kommer ikke til liv med mindre det dør;
- B1930
- Du dåre! det du sår, blir ikke levendegjort uten det dør.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
John 12:24
Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
Read in contextLuke 11:40
Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
Read in contextLuke 12:20
But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
Read in contextEphesians 5:15
See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
Read in contextRomans 1:22
Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
Read in contextLuke 24:25
Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
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