 | it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. |
 | It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. |
 | it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. |
| 1 Corinthians 15:44 |
Commentary
A seed which is sown in the earth perishes, but from that seed comes a new plant (vv. 37, 38). In the same way, the earthly body dies and decomposes. The resurrected or glorified body of the believer is related to the old body in some sense, but it is also a new creation altogether. Indeed, it is called a spiritual body (v. 44).
Believer's Study Bible. 1997, c1995. C1991 Criswell Center for Biblical Studies. (electronic ed.) (1 Co 15:37). Nashville: Thomas Nelson.
natural . . . spiritual
The Greek term translated spiritual here refers to a body directed by the Spirit, as opposed to one dominated by the flesh (2:15; 10:4).
Radmacher, E. D., Allen, R. B., & House, H. W. (1997). The Nelson study Bible : New King James Version. Includes index. (1 Co 15:44). Nashville: T. Nelson Publishers.