KING JAMES BIBLE · PCE
1 Corinthians 15:36–39
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1 Corinthians 15:36
36Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
36 Thou foole, that which thou sowest, is not quickened except it die.
1 Corinthians 15:37
37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:
37And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare graine, it may chance of wheate, or of some other graine.
1 Corinthians 15:38
38But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
38But God giueth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to euery seed his owne body.
1 Corinthians 15:39
39All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.
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DEFINED WORDS
1 Corinthians 15:36
A person lacking wisdom or moral understanding; as a verb, to act foolishly or deceive.
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Made alive; revived; vivified; reinvigorated.
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To exclude or leave out; also to object or make an exception.
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1 Corinthians 15:37
A physical body; a corpse; or an organized whole composed of members, according to context.
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But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
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Uncovered or naked; also carried, endured, or produced, according to context.
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A single seed, especially the seed of a cereal or other plant.
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To happen or happen to be.
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A grain-bearing plant and its seed, commonly ground into flour for bread.
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A different or additional person or thing; the remaining one of two or more.
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1 Corinthians 15:38
However; introducing a contrast with what precedes.
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A deity or object of worship; when referring to the LORD, the one true God.
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A physical body; a corpse; or an organized whole composed of members, according to context.
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Gratified; affected with agreeable sensations or emotions.
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Each one of all; all taken separately, without exception in the stated group.
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Belonging to oneself; peculiar or proper to the person or thing named.
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1 Corinthians 15:39
Wholly, entirely, or altogether; every one or the whole amount, according to context.
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The soft substance of the body; also the body, human nature, kindred, or mankind.
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But; marking a contrast or qualification in the sentence.
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The number one; a single person or thing; the same or united as a whole.
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Benevolent, good, or gracious toward another.
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One more; an additional or different person or thing.
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Aquatic animals; as a verb, catches fish.
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From verse 36
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Open the full verse study24Verily, verily, I say unto you, Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit.
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Open the full verse study40Ye fools, did not he that made that which is without make that which is within also?
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Open the full verse study15See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,
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Open the full verse study20But God said unto him, Thou fool, this night thy soul shall be required of thee: then whose shall those things be, which thou hast provided?
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Open the full verse study25Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:
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Open the full verse study22Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,
From verse 38
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Open the full verse study7So then neither is he that planteth any thing, neither he that watereth; but God that giveth the increase.
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Open the full verse study11For as the earth bringeth forth her bud, and as the garden causeth the things that are sown in it to spring forth; so the Lord God will cause righteousness and praise to spring forth before all the nations.
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Open the full verse study11And God said, Let the earth bring forth grass, the herb yielding seed, and the fruit tree yielding fruit after his kind, whose seed is in itself, upon the earth: and it was so.
12And the earth brought forth grass, and herb yielding seed after his kind, and the tree yielding fruit, whose seed was in itself, after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
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Open the full verse study26¶ And he said, So is the kingdom of God, as if a man should cast seed into the ground;
27And should sleep, and rise night and day, and the seed should spring and grow up, he knoweth not how.
28For the earth bringeth forth fruit of herself; first the blade, then the ear, after that the full corn in the ear.
29But when the fruit is brought forth, immediately he putteth in the sickle, because the harvest is come.
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Open the full verse study14He causeth the grass to grow for the cattle, and herb for the service of man: that he may bring forth food out of the earth;
From verse 39
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Open the full verse study20And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.
21And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
22And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.
23And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.
24¶ And God said, Let the earth bring forth the living creature after his kind, cattle, and creeping thing, and beast of the earth after his kind: and it was so.
25And God made the beast of the earth after his kind, and cattle after their kind, and every thing that creepeth upon the earth after his kind: and God saw that it was good.
26¶ And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and over the fowl of the air, and over the cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that creepeth upon the earth.
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