1Cor 15:37 | RWP | e4.org | Not the body which shall be ( ου το σωμα το γενησομενον ). Articular future participle of γινομα , literally, "not the body that will become." The new body ( σωμα ) is not yet in existence, but only the seed ( κοκκος , grain, old word, as in ). It may chance ( ε τυχο ). Fourth class condition as in which see. Paul is rich in metaphors here, though usually not so (Howson, Metaphors of St. Paul ). Paul was a city man. We sow seeds, not plants (bodies). The butterfly comes out of the dying worm.

‏ 1 Corinthians 15:37

Not the body which shall be ( ου το σωμα το γενησομενον ). Articular future participle of γινομα, literally, "not the body that will become." The new

body ( σωμα ) is not yet in existence, but only the seed ( κοκκος, grain, old word, as in Mt 13:31).

It may chance ( ε τυχο ). Fourth class condition as in 14:10 which see. Paul is rich in metaphors here, though usually not so (Howson, Metaphors of St. Paul). Paul was a city man. We sow seeds, not plants (bodies). The butterfly comes out of the dying worm.