1 Corinthians 15:37

“And as for what you sow, you do not sow the body that will be, but a bare kernel, perhaps of wheat or of some of the rest.”

1 Corinthians 15:37 · direct translation from the Greek
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1 Corinthians 15:37, word by word

you sowσπείρειςspeireis

sow

Sow.

Where else “speireis” appears
the bodyσῶμαsōma

body

The person in his physical part, living or dead.

Where else “sōma” appears
will beγενησόμενονgenēsomenon

become

To turn into something new, different from before.

Where else “genēsomenon” appears
a bareγυμνὸνgymnon

bare

Exposed, with nothing covering it.

Where else “gymnon” appears
kernelκόκκονkokkon

grain, seed

Grain, seed.

Where else “kokkon” appears
perhapsτύχοιtychoi

perhaps

Perhaps, for example.

Where else “tychoi” appears
of wheatσίτουsitou

wheat

Wheat; the grain and the food made from it.

Where else “sitou” appears
of the restλοιπῶνloipōn

rest

What remains of a group, those not yet named.

Where else “loipōn” appears

The context

36You fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

37 · This verse (above)

38But God gives it a body just as he willed, and to each of the seeds its own body.

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