1 Corinthians 15:36 - King James Version with Apocrypha - American Edition

³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

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King James Version (Oxford) 1769

³⁶ Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

Amplified Bible - Classic Edition

³⁶ You foolish man! Every time you plant seed, you sow something that does not come to life [germinating, springing up, and growing] unless it dies first.

American Standard Version (1901)

³⁶ Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except it die:

Common English Bible

³⁶ Look, fool! When you put a seed into the ground, it doesn’t come back to life unless it dies.

Catholic Public Domain Version

³⁶ How foolish! What you sow cannot be brought back to life, unless it first dies.

1 Corinthians 15:36 Cross References

Job 14:8

Though the root thereof wax old in the earth, and the stock thereof die in the ground;

Luke 11:40

Ye fools, did not he, that made that which is without, make that which is within also?

Luke 12:20

But 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?

Luke 24:25

Then he said unto them, O fools, and slow of heart to believe all that the prophets have spoken:

John 12:24

Verily, 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.

Romans 1:22

Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools,

1 Corinthians 15:37

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:

Ephesians 5:15

See then that ye walk circumspectly, not as fools, but as wise,

James 2:20

But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?