It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
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It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
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It is sowen in dishonoure and ryseth in honoure. It is sowe in weaknes and ryseth in power.
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It is sowen in dishonour, and is raysed in glory: it is sowen in weakenesse, and is raysed in power.
Cross-references (12)
Passages linked to 1 Corinthians 15:43 in the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, ordered by reader-vote popularity; verse text shown in World English Bible.
- Colossians 3:4 When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
- 1 Corinthians 6:14 Now God raised up the Lord, and will also raise us up by his power.
- Philippians 3:20-21 For our citizenship is in heaven, from where we also wait for a Savior, the Lord Jesus Christ, who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
- Daniel 12:1 “At that time Michael will stand up, the great prince who stands for the children of your people; and there will be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time. At that time your people will be delivered, everyone who is found written in the book.
- Matthew 22:29-30 But Jesus answered them, “You are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God. For in the resurrection they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like God’s angels in heaven.
- Mark 12:24-25 Jesus answered them, “Isn’t this because you are mistaken, not knowing the Scriptures, nor the power of God? For when they will rise from the dead, they neither marry, nor are given in marriage, but are like angels in heaven.
- 2 Corinthians 13:4 For he was crucified through weakness, yet he lives through the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we will live with him through the power of God toward you.
- Job 14:10 But man dies, and is laid low. Yes, man gives up the spirit, and where is he?
- Matthew 13:43 Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the Kingdom of their Father. He who has ears to hear, let him hear.
- 2 Corinthians 13:14 The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, God’s love, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with you all. Amen.
- Philippians 3:10 that I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, becoming conformed to his death,
- Psalms 102:23 He weakened my strength along the course. He shortened my days.
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Geneva Bible translators 1599 · Public Domain Freed from the former weakness, whereas it is subject…
Freed from the former weakness, whereas it is subject to such alteration and change, that it cannot maintain itself without meat and drink, and such otherlike helps.
Void of honor, void of glory, and beauty.
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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain 43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised…
43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
Ver. 43. It is raised in power] The resurrection will cure all infirmities. At Stratford-le-Bow were burned in Queen Mary’s days, at one stake, a lame man and a blind man. The lame man after he was chained, casting away his crutch, bade the blind man be of good comfort, for death would heal them both; and so they patiently suffered.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in…
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: there is nothing more uncomely, unlovely, and loathsome than a dead body; but it will not be so when it shall be raised again, then it shall be a beautiful, comely body. We shall rise in a full and perfect age, (as is generally thought), and without those defects and deformities which may here make our bodies appear unlovely. Daniel says, Dan 12:3, the righteous shall shine as the stars: Christ saith, Mat 13:43, they shall shine like the sun: the apostle saith, Phi 3:21, we shall be made like unto his glorious body. Three things make the body beautiful, a perfection of parts, the well putting them together and proportioning them one to another, and a well-tempered, cheerly spirit; all these will concur in the bodies of saints in the resurrection. The schoolmen determine, that much of the beauty of the saints’ bodies in the resurrection, will flow from their perfect sight of God, and the reflection of God upon them.
It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: when it dieth it is a frail, weak body, unable to resist injuries; but it shall rise a strong body, with quick senses, and subject to no more weaknesses.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual,.... As…
Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual,.... As the apostle before proves the distinction of a natural and spiritual body, and gives instances of both in the two principal men in the world, the first and the last; and points out the difference between them, the one being animated, and having life given unto it, the other animating, and giving life to others; proceeds to observe the order of these, how that one was before the other; the spiritual body, though the more perfect and most excellent, yet was not first in being:
but that which is natural; Adam's animal body was before Christ's spiritual body:
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and afterwards that which is spiritual; yea, even Christ's animal, or natural body, was before his spiritual one; his body taken from the virgin, and formed in her womb, and in which he lived here on earth, was an animal body, as before observed; and upon his resurrection, it commenced a spiritual one; being the same in substance as the former, only different in qualities; and just so it is, and will be, with the bodies of the saints'; which is the apostle's design and view, in observing this order; the natural body is first, and then the spiritual; it is first a natural body, as generated and nourished, as weak and dying, and it is afterwards a spiritual one, when raised from the dead.
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John Wesley 1765 · Public Domain It is sown in dishonour - Shocking to those…
It is sown in dishonour - Shocking to those who loved it best, human nature in disgrace! It is raised in glory - Clothed with robes of light, fit for those whom the King of heaven delights to honour. It is sown in weakness - Deprived even of that feeble strength which it once enjoyed. It is raised in power - Endued with vigour, strength, and activity, such as we cannot now conceive.
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Adam Clarke 1810 · Public Domain Verse 43. It is sown in dishonour] Being now…
Verse 43. It is sown in dishonour] Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of God; and also consigned to death and destruction because of sin. This is the most dishonourable circumstance.
It is raised in glory] It is raised a glorious body, because immortal, and for ever redeemed from the empire of death.
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It is sown in weakness] The principles of dissolution, corruption, and decay, have prevailed over it; disease undermined it; and death made it his prey.
It is raised in power] To be no more liable to weakness, through labour; decay, by age; wasting, by disease; and dissolution, by death.
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Albert Barnes 1834 · Public Domain It is sown in dishonour - In the grave,…
It is sown in dishonour - In the grave, where it is shut out from human view; hurried away from the sight of friends; loathsome and offensive as a mass turning to decay. There is, moreover, a kind of disgrace and ignominy attending it here, as under the curse of God, and, on account of sin, sentenced to the offensiveness of the grave.
It is raised in glory - In honor; in beauty; honored by God by the removal of the curse, and in a form and manner that shall be glorious. This refers to the fact that everything like dishonor, vileness, ignominy, which attends it here shall be removed there, and that the body shall bear a resemblance to the glorified body of Jesus Christ, Eph 3:21. It shall be adapted to a world of glory; and everything which here rendered it vile, valueless, cumbersome, offensive, or degraded, shall be there removed. Of course, every idea which we can get from this is chiefly negative, and consists in denying that the body will have there the qualities which here render it vile or loathsome. The word “glory” (δόξα doxa) means dignity, splendor, honor, excellence, perfection; and is used here as denoting the combination of all those things which shall rescue it from ignominy and disgrace.
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It is sown in weakness - Weak, feeble, liable to decay. Here disease prostrates the strength, takes away its power, consigns it to the dust. It denotes the many weaknesses, frailties, and liabilities to sickness, to which we are here exposed, Its feeble powers are soon prostrate; its vital functions soon cease in death.
It is raised in power - This does not denote power like that of God, nor like the angels. It does not affirm that it shall be endued with remarkable and enormous physical strength, or that it shall have the power of performing what would now be regarded as miraculous. It is to be regarded as the opposite of the word “weakness,” and means that it shall be no longer liable to disease; no more overcome by the attacks of sickness; no more subject to the infirmities and weaknesses which it here experiences. It shall not be prostrate by sickness, nor overcome by fatigue. It shall be capable of the service of God without weariness and languor; it shall need no rest as it does here (see Rev 7:15; compare Rev 22:5); but it shall be in a world where there shall be no fatigue, lassitude, disease; but where there shall be ample power to engage in the service of God forever. There is, however, no improbability in supposing that the physical powers of man, as well as his intellectual, may be greatly augmented in heaven. But on this point there is no revelation.
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Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown 1871 · Public Domain in dishonour--answering to "our vile body" (Phi 3:21); literally,…
in dishonour--answering to "our vile body" (Phi 3:21); literally, "our body of humiliation": liable to various humiliations of disease, injury, and decay at last.
in glory--the garment of incorruption (Co1 15:42-43) like His glorious body (Phi 4:21), which we shall put on (Co1 15:49, Co1 15:53; Co2 5:2-4).
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in weakness--liable to infirmities (Co2 13:4).
in power--answering to a "spiritual body" (Co1 15:44; compare Luk 1:17, "Spirit and power"). Not liable to the weaknesses of our present frail bodies (Isa 33:24; Rev 21:4).
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 43. Dishonour—Both in life and in death the mortal…
43. Dishonour—Both in life and in death the mortal body has parts, conditions, operations, and failures that render it a disgust to the contemplation. In death, decay and putrefaction render it unendurable to its fellows. “When the soul departs,” says Xenophon, “men carry out the body of the dearest friend in the quickest way, and put it out of sight.”
Glory— Phenomenal properties that attract the wonder and admiration of the beholder.
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Weakness—With strength of body to effect little; liable to sickness and debility, requiring to be carried by machinery for rapid locomotion.
Power—Vigour of body to accomplish the boldest determinations of the will, exemption from fatigue, and ability to pass through space with the rapidity of thought. Grotius adds, “Endowed with a variety of new senses;” which, however true, is not so clearly said.
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The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 43. it is sown in dishonour; it is raised…
43. it is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory] The dishonour is, of course, corruption, with its revolting accompaniments. What the glory will be we may learn, to a certain extent, from the Transfiguration of our Lord, and from the account of the majesty and splendour of His Resurrection-Body in Rev_1:13-16. Cyril of Jerusalem, after citing Dan_12:3 and St Mat_13:43, goes on to say that “God, foreseeing the unbelief of man, gave to the smallest of worms to emit beams of light, that thereby might be inferred what was to be looked for in the world to come.”
it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power] For power see note on ch. 1Co_1:18. What the weakness is, we scarcely need to inquire. Decay of strength and vitality, ending in the absolute powerlessness of death, is the destiny of the body which is to be laid in the grave. But when it is raised, not only can it never be subject to the same weakness again, but it will be endowed with new faculties, as superior to those of the former body as those of the plant are to those of the seed.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain It is sown in dishonour. "The awful and intolerable…
It is sown in dishonour. "The awful and intolerable indignity of dust to dust." In glory. "Though ye have lieu among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove, that is covered with silver wings, and her feathers like gold". (Psa_68:13) The expression shows that, throughout, St. Paul is thinking exclusively of the resurrection of the saints.
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B. W. Johnson 1891 · Public Domain 43. It is sown in dishonor. The dead body…
43. It is sown in dishonor. The dead body is repulsive, becomes offensive, and we bury it out of sight. It is raised in glory. Has a glorious beauty. Sown in weakness. All its powers exhausted. Raised in power. Endowed with heavenly energy.
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J. W. McGarvey 1914 · Public Domain it is sown in dishonor [buried because it is…
it is sown in dishonor [buried because it is repulsive and will become offensive-- Joh_11:39 ]; it is raised in glory [ Phi_3:21 ]: it is sown in weakness [devoid of all ability]; it is raised in power [ Rev_3:21 ]:
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