1 Corinthians 15:38

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1 Corinthians 15:38 New King James Version (NKJV)

But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:35-38 The Message (MSG)

Some skeptic is sure to ask, “Show me how resurrection works. Give me a diagram; draw me a picture. What does this ‘resurrection body’ look like?” If you look at this question closely, you realize how absurd it is. There are no diagrams for this kind of thing. We do have a parallel experience in gardening. You plant a “dead” seed; soon there is a flourishing plant. There is no visual likeness between seed and plant. You could never guess what a tomato would look like by looking at a tomato seed. What we plant in the soil and what grows out of it don’t look anything alike. The dead body that we bury in the ground and the resurrection body that comes from it will be dramatically different.

1 Corinthians 15:38 King James Version (KJV)

but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

1 Corinthians 15:38 New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995 (NASB1995)

But God gives it a body just as He wished, and to each of the seeds a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 15:38 New Century Version (NCV)

But God gives it a body that he has planned for it, and God gives each kind of seed its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:38 American Standard Version (ASV)

but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

1 Corinthians 15:38 New International Version (NIV)

But God gives it a body as he has determined, and to each kind of seed he gives its own body.

1 Corinthians 15:38 Amplified Bible (AMP)

But God gives it a body just as He planned, and to each kind of seed a body of its own [is given]. [Gen 1:11]

1 Corinthians 15:38 New Living Translation (NLT)

Then God gives it the new body he wants it to have. A different plant grows from each kind of seed.

1 Corinthians 15:38 The Passion Translation (TPT)

But when it dies, God gives it a new form, a body to fulfill his purpose, and he sees to it that each seed gets a new body of its own and becomes the plant he designed it to be.

1 Corinthians 15:38 English Standard Version Revision 2016 (ESV)

But God gives it a body as he has chosen, and to each kind of seed its own body.