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Saint Paul Writing His Epistles, Valentin de Boulogne

1 Corinthians 15:38

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1 Corinthians 15:38 (WEB)

But God gives it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.

Catechism · 1

  • §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.

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Origen

  • “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

Augustine of Hippo

  • “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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  • “…the seed, and which she keeps rooted in her own breast; for we likewise read, “God giveth it a body, as it hath pleased Him, and to every seed his own body.”” — editor's note: 1 Cor. xv. 38.

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Tertullian

  • “Well, but does not the apostle himself suggest in what sense it is that “the body which shall be” is not the body which is sown, even when he says, “But bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain; but God giveth it a body as it pleaseth Him?”” — editor's note: Vers. 37, 38.

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  • “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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