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1 Corinthians 15:37 (WEB)
That which you sow, you don’t sow the body that will be, but a bare grain, maybe of wheat, or of some other kind.

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§646Paragraph 2 · On the Third Day He Rose from the DeadRead at vatican.va
“At Jesus' Resurrection his body is filled with the power of the Holy Spirit: he shares the divine life in his glorious state, so that St. Paul can say that Christ is "the man of heaven".” — Catechism footnote: Cf. 1 Cor 15:35-50.

§999Article 11 · "I Believe in the Resurrection of the Body"Read at vatican.va
“For this perishable nature must put on the imperishable, and this mortal nature must put on immortality.” — Catechism footnote: 1 Cor 15:35-37, 42, 52, 53.

Origen, Against Celsus V.18Book V
“And 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; but God giveth it a body as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.”” — editor's note: Cf. 1 Cor. xv. 35–38.
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John Damascene, An Exact Exposition of the Orthodox Faith IV.27Book IV
“For there will be in truth, there will be, a resurrection of the dead, and by resurrection we mean resurrection of bodies.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 35–44.
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Augustine of Hippo, On the Creed Chapter 13
“And the Apostle: “Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened except it die; and that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but a bare grain, as perchance of wheat, or of some other corn; but God giveth it a body as He would, and to each one of seeds its proper body.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36–38
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Tertullian, On the Resurrection of the Flesh Chapter 52
“For nothing which is incompatible with the idea suggested by the example can possibly be understood; nor from the clause which follows, “That which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body which shall be,” are you permitted to suppose that in the resurrection a different body is to arise from that which is sown in death.” — editor's note: Ver. 37.
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Tertullian, The Five Books Against Marcion V.9Book V
“Indeed, since he proposes as his examples “wheat grain, or some other grain, to which God giveth a body, such as it hath pleased Him;” since also he says, that “to every seed is its own body;” that, consequently, “there is one kind of flesh of men, whilst there is another of beasts, and…” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 37, 38.
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Gregory of Nyssa, On the Soul and the Resurrection Chapter 1
“…of sin withered us up, and then on our dissolution by death the earth received us: but in the spring of the Resurrection she will reproduce this naked grain of our body in the form of an ear, tall, well-proportioned, and erect, reaching to the heights of heaven, and, for blade and beard, resplendent in…” — editor's note: This “naked grain” is suggested by the words of S. Paul, not so much 1 Cor. xv. 37, as 2 Cor. v. 4: “For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being…
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Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 8
“But God clothes thy seed with its body as He wills.” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 36–38.
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Jerome, To Pammachius against John of Jerusalem
“To give you the assurance that we speak the truth, let me quote the words of the Apostle: ‘But some one says, How shall the dead rise? and with what body will they come?” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 35, 37.
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