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The Resurrection Body

1 Corinthians 15:36

In 9 translations

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:
LSV
Unwise! You—what you sow is not quickened except it may die;
YLT
unwise! thou — what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;
DBY
Fool; what thou sowest is not quickened unless it die.
DRC
Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.
GNV
O foole, that which thou sowest, is not quickened, except it die.

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (1)
  • Spelling of ἄφρων: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text: Ἄφρον.
SBLGNT apparatus (1)

A comparison of published Greek editions. “Add” means after the SBLGNT wording; “omit” refers to that wording.

  • SBLGNT: ἄφρων. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἄφρων; Robinson–Pierpont read Ἄφρον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ἄφρων, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζῳοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·
RP2018
Ἄφρον, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζῳοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·
TR-Boyd
Ἄφρον, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζῳοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·
SCR1894
αφρον συ ο σπειρεις ου ζωοποιειται εαν μη αποθανη

In the reference works topics that cite this verse

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Cross-references most cited first

  • John 12:24Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a kernel of wheat falls to the ground and dies, it remains only a seed; but if it dies, it bears much fruit.
  • Luke 11:40You fools! Did not the One who made the outside make the inside as well?
  • Luke 24:25Then Jesus said to them, “O foolish ones, how slow are your hearts to believe all that the prophets have spoken!
  • Ephesians 5:15Pay careful attention, then, to how you walk, not as unwise but as wise,
  • Romans 1:22Although they claimed to be wise, they became fools,
  • Luke 12:20But God said to him, ‘You fool! This very night your life will be required of you. Then who will own what you have accumulated?’

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