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1 Corinthians 15:43 — King James Version← Study notes

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:


1 Corinthians 15:43Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 15:4312 words
GreekMeaning
σπείρεταιspeiretai
It is sownverbG4687
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἀτιμίᾳatimia
dishonornounG819
ἐγείρεταιegeiretai
it is raisedverbG1453
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
δόξῃdoxē
glorynounG1391
σπείρεταιspeiretai
It is sownverbG4687
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
ἀσθενείᾳastheneia
weaknessnounG769
ἐγείρεταιegeiretai
it is raisedverbG1453
ἐνen
inprepositionG1722
δυνάμειdynamei
powernounG1411
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:43

“It is sown in dishonor.” For what is more unsightly than a corpse in dissolution? “It is raised in glory.” “It is sown in weakness.” For before thirty days the whole is gone, and the flesh cannot keep itself together nor hold out for one day. “It is raised in power.” For there shall nothing prevail against it for all the future. Here is why he stood in need of those former analogies, lest many on hearing of these things, that they are “raised in incorruption and glory and…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 41 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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