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The Resurrection Body

1 Corinthians 15:38

In 9 translations

BSB
But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.
KJV
But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
WEB
But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
ASV
but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.
LSV
and God gives a body to it according as He willed, and its proper body to each of the seeds.
YLT
and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.
DBY
and God gives to it a body as he has pleased, and to each of the seeds its own body.Elohim
DRC
But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper body.
GNV
But God giueth it a body at his pleasure, euen to euery seede his owne body,

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Spelling, punctuation and minor wording (2)
  • Word order: Textus Receptus, Byzantine text place δίδωσιν elsewhere in this verse.
  • In STEPBible’s comparison, Textus Receptus, Byzantine text include τὸ (“the”); NA28, NA27, Tyndale House, SBLGNT (2010), Westcott–Hort, Tregelles do not include this wording.
SBLGNT apparatus (2)

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

  • SBLGNT: δίδωσιν αὐτῷ. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read δίδωσιν αὐτῷ; Robinson–Pierpont read αὐτῷ δίδωσιν.
  • SBLGNT: ἴδιον. Westcott and Hort (1881), Tregelles, Nestle–Aland 28th edition read ἴδιον; Robinson–Pierpont read τὸ ἴδιον.

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Original-language editions

SBLGNT
ὁ δὲ θεὸς δίδωσιν αὐτῷ σῶμα καθὼς ἠθέλησεν, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων ἴδιον σῶμα.
RP2018
ὁ δὲ θεὸς αὐτῷ δίδωσιν σῶμα καθὼς ἠθέλησεν, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα.
TR-Boyd
ὁ δὲ Θεὸς αὐτῷ δίδωσι σῶμα καθὼς ἠθέλησε, καὶ ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα.
SCR1894
ο δε θεος αυτω διδωσιν σωμα καθως ηθελησεν και εκαστω των σπερματων το ιδιον σωμα

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Cross-references most cited first

  • 1 Corinthians 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.
  • Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
  • Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
  • Mark 4:26–29Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground. Night and day he sleeps and wakes, and the seed sprouts and grows, though he knows not how. All by itself the earth produces a…
  • Genesis 1:11–12Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so. The earth produced vegetation: seed-bearing plants…

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