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1 Corinthians 15:38

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures
- 38 but God gives it a body just as it has pleased him, and gives to each of the seeds its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:38

The Kingdom Interlinear Translation of the Greek Scriptures
- 38 ὁ the δὲ but θεὸς God δίδωσιν is giving αὐτῷ to it σῶμα body καθὼς according as ἠθέλησεν, he willed, καὶ and ἑκάστῳ to each τῶν of the σπερμάτων seeds ἴδιον own σῶμα. body.

1 Corinthians 15:38

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures—With References
- 38 but God gives it a body+ just as it has pleased him,+ and to each of the seeds its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:38

The Bible in Living English
- 38 and God gives it a body as he has willed, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 15:38

American Standard Version
- 38 but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 15:38

The Emphasized Bible
- 38 Howbeit God giveth it a body as he pleased, And unto each of the seeds a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 15:38

King James Version
- 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

1 Corinthians Study Notes—Chapter 15

New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (Study Edition)
- 15:38
  
  God gives it a body: Paul here continues to compare the resurrection of a spirit-anointed Christian to the germinating of a seed. (See study note on 1Co 15:36.) He uses the example of a tiny seed of wheat that bears no resemblance to the plant that will grow from it. It “dies” as a seed and becomes an emerging plant. (1Co 15:36, 37) Similarly, anointed Christians first die as humans. Then at his appointed time, God brings them back to life in entirely new bodies. (2Co 5:1, 2; Php 3:20, 21) They are resurrected in spirit bodies to live in the spirit realm.—1Co 15:44; 1Jo 3:2.