King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:44 in the King James Version says “It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.”
1 Corinthians 15:44 · KJV
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“a natural”
G5591sensitive, i.e., animate (in distinction on the one hand from g4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from g5446, which is th
“it is raised”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“a spiritual”
G4152non-carnal, i.e., (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religiou
“body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“a natural”
G5591sensitive, i.e., animate (in distinction on the one hand from g4152, which is the higher or renovated nature; and on the other from g5446, which is th
“and”
G2532and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
“body”
G4983the body (as a sound whole), used in a very wide application, literally or figuratively
“a spiritual”
G4152non-carnal, i.e., (humanly) ethereal (as opposed to gross), or (daemoniacally) a spirit (concretely), or (divinely) supernatural, regenerate, religiou
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