1 Corinthians 15:36

Thou sowest [σ υ ο π ε ι ρ ε ι ς]. Thou is emphatic. Every time thou sowest, thou sowest something which is quickened only through dying. Paul is not partial to metaphors from nature, and his references of this character are mostly to nature in connection with human labor. Dean Howson says : "We find more of this kind of illustration in the one short epistle of St. James than in all the writings of St. Paul" (" Metaphors of St. Paul. "Compare Farrar's" Paul, " 1, 20, 21).

Die. Become corrupted. Applied to the seed in order to keep up the analogy with the body.