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1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

KJV

σπείρεται ἐν ἀτιμίᾳ, ἐγείρεται ἐν δόξῃ· σπείρεται ἐν ἀσθενείᾳ, ἐγείρεται ἐν δυνάμει·

Greek NT

Seminatur in ignobilitate, surget in gloria : seminatur in infirmitate, surget in virtute :

Vulgate

it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:

ASV

It is sown in dishonour: it shall rise in glory. It is sown in weakness: it shall rise in power.

Douay-Rheims

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In the original Greek

7 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.

δόξα
doxa
noun · 166×
δύναμις
dunamis
noun · 119×
σπείρω
speiro
verb · 53×
ἀσθένεια
astheneia
noun · 24×
ἀτιμία
atimia
noun · 7×
ἐγείρω
egeiro
verb · 143×
ἐν
en
preposition · 2743×

Historic Christian voices

6 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.

§646Christ's Resurrection was not a return to earthly life, as was the case with the raisings from the dead that he had performed before Easter: Jairus' daughter, the young man of Naim, Lazarus. These actions were miraculous events, but the persons miraculously raised returned by Jesus' power to ordinary earthly life. At some particular moment they would die again. Christ's Resurre…
§1683The Church who, as Mother, has borne the Christian sacramentally in her womb during his earthly pilgrimage, accompanies him at his journey's end, in order to surrender him "into the Father's hands." She offers to the Father, in Christ, the child of his grace, and she commits to the earth, in hope, the seed of the body that will rise in glory.184 This offering is fully celebrate…
Inasmuch as Christ did rise in our flesh, it follows that we shall be also raised in the same; since the resurrection promised to us should not be referred to spirits naturally immortal, but to bodies in themselves mortal. 1. In the same manner, therefore, as Christ did rise in the substance of flesh, and pointed out to His disciples the mark of the nails and the opening in His…

Cross-references

  • 1Cor 6:14 — And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
  • 2Cor 13:4 — For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
  • 2Cor 13:4 — For though he was crucified through weakness, yet he liveth by the power of God. For we also are weak in him, but we shall live with him by the power of God toward you.
  • 2Cor 13:14 — The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Ghost, be with you all. Amen.
  • Col 3:4 — When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
  • Col 3:4 — When Christ, who is our life, shall appear, then shall ye also appear with him in glory.
  • Dan 12:1 — And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of thy people: and there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that s
  • Eccl 8:8 — There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are
  • Job 14:10 — But man dieth, and wasteth away: yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
  • John 11:25 — Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
  • Mark 12:24 — And Jesus answering said unto them, Do ye not therefore err, because ye know not the scriptures, neither the power of God?
  • Matt 13:43 — Then shall the righteous shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their Father. Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.
  • Matt 22:29 — Jesus answered and said unto them, Ye do err, not knowing the scriptures, nor the power of God.
  • Phil 3:10 — That I may know him, and the power of his resurrection, and the fellowship of his sufferings, being made conformable unto his death;
  • Phil 3:20 — For our conversation is in heaven; from whence also we look for the Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ:
  • Ps 49:17 — For when he dieth he shall carry nothing away: his glory shall not descend after him.