1Cor 15:35 Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:35

35: But someone may ask, "How will the dead be raised? What kind of bodies will they have?"

Then he asked me, "Son of man, can these bones become living people again?O Sovereign LORD," I replied, "you alone know the answer to that."

Well then, you might say, "Why does God blame people for not listening? Haven't they simply done what he made them do?"

God's ways are as hard to discern as the pathways of the wind, and as mysterious as a tiny baby being formed in a mother's womb.

Then he said to me, "Son of man, these bones represent the people of Israel. They are saying, `We have become old, dry bones--all hope is gone.'

"What do you mean?" exclaimed Nicodemus. "How can an old man go back into his mother's womb and be born again?"

Then God gives it a new body--just the kind he wants it to have. A different kind of plant grows from each kind of seed.
And just as there are different kinds of seeds and plants, so also there are different kinds of flesh--whether of humans, animals, birds, or fish.
There are bodies in the heavens, and there are bodies on earth. The glory of the heavenly bodies is different from the beauty of the earthly bodies.
The sun has one kind of glory, while the moon and stars each have another kind. And even the stars differ from each other in their beauty and brightness.
It is the same way for the resurrection of the dead. Our earthly bodies, which die and decay, will be different when they are resurrected, for they will never die.

"Does God realize what is going on?" they ask. "Is the Most High even aware of what is happening?"

But you reply, `That's why God can't see what I am doing! How can he judge through the thick darkness?

An empty-headed person won't become wise any more than a wild donkey can bear human offspring!

He will take these weak mortal bodies of ours and change them into glorious bodies like his own, using the same mighty power that he will use to conquer everything, everywhere.

Jesus replied, "Your problem is that you don't know the Scriptures, and you don't know the power of God.
For when the dead rise, they won't be married. They will be like the angels in heaven.

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