So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:

'So also is the resurrection of the dead' -'We who see all of this variety in the creatures which God called into being and placed before our eyes ought to have no difficultly as to the form and the character of the bodies which God will bring forth from the graves at the resurrection.' (Lenski pp. 710-11)

'It is sown' -'is. fitting word to refer to. burial'. (Willis p. 576) Just like the seed mentioned in 1 Corinthians 15:36.

'in corruption' -'decomposition' (Ber); 'a perishable body' (NASV); 'When the body is sown, it decays' (Beck). The body that is placed in the grave decays, just like the seed that is placed in the earth.

'it is raised in incorruption' -'free from decay' (Gspd); 'an imperishable body' (NASV).

'Not raised corrupt and then made incorrupt but raised incorruptible' (McGuiggan p. 202)

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