1 Corinthians 15:36-38

1 Corinthians 15:36-38

[36] Thou fool,  that which  thou  sowest  not  quickened,  it die:  [37] And  that which  thou sowest,  not  that body  that shall be,  but  bare  grain,  it may chance  of wheat,  or  of some  other  [38] But  God  giveth  it  a body  as  it hath pleased him,  and  to every  seed  his own  body. 

What does 1 Corinthians 15:36-38 Mean?

Contextual Meaning

Such an objection sounds very reasonable on the surface, but it is really foolish, and it drew a sharp rebuke from Paul. The "wise" Corinthians were "fools!" The body that God resurrects will not be the same type of body that died even though it is the body of the same person. Paul proceeded to illustrate with a seed of grain. A new form of life springs forth from death. The body surrounding the life is different before and after death. Likewise human life exists in one form of body before death, and after death it exists in a different type of body. God does this with grain, so He can do it with humans too. This is so obvious in nature that we can understand Paul"s sharp retort in 1 Corinthians 15:36. A fool in biblical literature is someone who excludes God from consideration. That is exactly what the Corinthians were doing when they failed to observe what God did in the seed that they sowed in their fields.