it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
Parallel translations
- WEB It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body and there is also a spiritual body.
- KJV It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
- BSB It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
- NKJV It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
- NLT They are buried as natural human bodies, but they will be raised as spiritual bodies. For just as there are natural bodies, there are also spiritual bodies.
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Quick answer
The body is sown natural and raised spiritual. It matters because the resurrection body is fully fitted for the life of the Spirit.
Overview
Paul completes his contrasts: the present 'natural' body suited to earthly life gives way to a 'spiritual' body governed by the Holy Spirit. This is still a real, physical body, not an immaterial ghost, but transformed for heavenly existence. Such a body perfectly suits the glorified life believers will share with the risen Christ.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 4
- 1 Cor 15:50Now I say this, brothers, that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
- Luke 24:31Their eyes were opened, and they recognized him, and he vanished out of their sight.
- John 20:19When therefore it was evening, on that day, the first day of the week, and when the doors were locked where the disciples were assembled, for fear of the Jews, Jesus came and stood in the middle, and said to them, “Peace be to you.”
- John 20:26After eight days again his disciples were inside, and Thomas was with them. Jesus came, the doors being locked, and stood in the middle, and said, “Peace be to you.”
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