1 Corinthians 15:37

An Understandable Version (2005 edition)

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.

Cross References

Mark 4:27

then went to bed and got up the next day to find that the seed had sprouted and grown, yet he did not know how it happened.

1 Corinthians 15:36

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

1 Corinthians 15:38

But God gives it the [kind of] body He wants [it to have], so each seed gets its own plant.

2 Corinthians 2:14

But I offer thanks to God, who always leads us [preachers] to victory in [the service of] Christ, and through us makes known the “fragrant odor” of His knowledge everywhere.