1 CORINTHIANS 15:38 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.”
But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body — God (not the person) determines the resurrection body's form. Different seeds produce different plants; similarly, resurrection bodies differ according to God's wisdom and purpose.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:38
“But God gives it a body even as it pleased Him.” “Yes,” says one, “but in that case it is the work of nature.” Of what nature, tell me? For in that case likewise God surely does the whole; not nature, nor the earth, nor the rain. Wherefore also he making these things manifest, leaves out both earth and rain, atmosphere, sun, and hands of husbandmen, and subjoins, “God gives it a body as it pleased Him.” Do not thou therefore curiously inquire, nor busy yourself with the how…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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