SEV Biblia, Chapter 15:38
mas Dios le da el cuerpo como quiso, y a cada simiente su propio cuerpo.
Clarke's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:38
Verse 38. But God giveth it a body] And is there any other way of accounting for it but by the miraculous working of God's power? For out of that one bare grain is produced a system of roots, a tall and vigorous stalk, with all its appendages of leaves, &c., besides the full corn in the ear; the whole making several hundred times the quantum of what was originally deposited. There are no proofs that what some call nature can effect this: it will ever be a philosophical as well as a Scriptural truth, that God giveth it a body as it pleaseth him; and so doth he manage the whole of the work, that every seed shall have its own body: that the wheat germ shall never produce barley; nor the rye, oats. See the note on Gen. i. 12.
Matthew Henry Commentary
Verses 35-50 - 1. How are the dead raised up? that is, by what means? How can they be raised? 2. As to the bodies which shall rise. Will it be with the lik shape, and form, and stature, and members, and qualities? The forme objection is that of those who opposed the doctrine, the latter of curious doubters. To the first the answer is, This was to be brough about by Divine power; that power which all may see does somewhat lik it, year after year, in the death and revival of the corn. It is foolish to question the Almighty power of God to raise the dead, when we see it every day quickening and reviving things that are dead. To the second inquiry; The grain undergoes a great change; and so will the dead, when they rise and live again. The seed dies, though a part of it springs into new life, though how it is we cannot fully understand. The works of creation and providence daily teach us to be humble, as wel as to admire the Creator's wisdom and goodness. There is a grea variety among other bodies, as there is among plants. There is variety of glory among heavenly bodies. The bodies of the dead, when they rise, will be fitted for the heavenly bodies. The bodies of the dead, when they rise, will be fitted for the heavenly state; and ther will be a variety of glories among them. Burying the dead, is lik committing seed to the earth, that it may spring out of it again Nothing is more loathsome than a dead body. But believers shall at the resurrection have bodies, made fit to be for ever united with spirit made perfect. To God all things are possible. He is the Author an Source of spiritual life and holiness, unto all his people, by the supply of his Holy Spirit to the soul; and he will also quicken an change the body by his Spirit. The dead in Christ shall not only rise but shall rise thus gloriously changed. The bodies of the saints, when they rise again, will be changed. They will be then glorious an spiritual bodies, fitted to the heavenly world and state, where the are ever afterwards to dwell. The human body in its present form, an with its wants and weaknesses, cannot enter or enjoy the kingdom of God. Then let us not sow to the flesh, of which we can only rea corruption. And the body follows the state of the soul. He, therefore who neglects the life of the soul, casts away his present good; he wh refuses to live to God, squanders all he has.
Greek Textus Receptus
ο 3588 T-NSM δε 1161 CONJ θεος 2316 N-NSM αυτω 846 P-DSM διδωσιν 1325 5719 V-PAI-3S σωμα 4983 N-ASN καθως 2531 ADV ηθελησεν 2309 5656 V-AAI-3S και 2532 CONJ εκαστω 1538 A-DSN των 3588 T-GPN σπερματων 4690 N-GPN το 3588 T-ASN ιδιον 2398 A-ASN σωμα 4983 N-ASN
Vincent's NT Word Studies
38. As it hath pleased (kaqwv hqelhsen). Lit., even as He willed; at the creation, when He fixed the different types of grain, so that each should permanently assume a form according to its distinctive type - a body of its own: that wheat should always be wheat, barley barley, etc. Compare Gen. i. 11, 12.
Robertson's NT Word Studies
15:38 {A body of its own} (idion swma). Even under the microscope the life cells or germ plasm may seem almost identical, but the plant is quite distinct. On sperma, seed, old word from speirw, to sow, see on Mt 13:24f.
