1 Corinthians 15:37

Not the body which shall be

(ου το σωμα το γενησομενον). Articular future participle of γινομα, literally, "not the body that will become." The newbody

(σωμα) is not yet in existence, but only the seed (κοκκος, grain, old word, as in Matthew 13:31).It may chance

(ε τυχο). Fourth class condition as in 1 Corinthians 14:10 which see. Paul is rich in metaphors here, though usually not so (Howson, Metaphors of St. Paul). Paul was a city man. We sow seeds, not plants (bodies). The butterfly comes out of the dying worm.