1 Corinthians 15:36

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

You foolish person. The seed you plant does not come to life [i.e., grow] unless it dies.

Cross References

John 12:24

Truly, truly, I tell you, unless a grain of wheat drops into the soil and dies, it remains a single grain, but if it dies, [then] it will produce many grains.

Luke 11:40

You foolish people! Did not the One [i.e., God] who made the outside [i.e., your body] also make the inside [i.e., your spirit]?

Ephesians 5:15

So, be careful how you live. Do not live ignorantly, but wisely,

Romans 1:22

They claimed to be wise, but became fools,

Luke 24:25

Then Jesus said to them, “You foolish men! How slow your minds are to believe everything the prophets have spoken [in their writings]!

Luke 12:20

But God said to him, ‘You fool! Tonight your life will be taken away from you. And [then] who will get the things you have stored up [for yourself]?’

1 Corinthians 15:37

And what you yourself sow is not the plant that will [eventually] come up, but simply a seed. It may be a grain of wheat or something else.

James 2:20

But will you acknowledge, you foolish person, that faith without [good] deeds is useless?