1 Corinthians 15:38

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“But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.”

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BSBPD

“But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“but God giveth it a body even as it pleased him, and to each seed a body of its own.”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:38 — 5 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Genesis 1:11Then God said, “Let the earth bring forth vegetation: seed-bearing plants and fruit trees, each bearing fruit with seed according to its kind.” And it was so.
  2. Psalms 104:14He makes the grass grow for the livestock and provides crops for man to cultivate, bringing forth food from the earth:
  3. Isaiah 61:11For as the earth brings forth its growth, and as a garden enables seed to spring up, so the Lord GOD will cause righteousness and praise to spring up before all the nations.
  4. Mark 4:26Jesus also said, “The kingdom of God is like a man who scatters seed on the ground.
  5. 1 Corinthians 3:7So neither he who plants nor he who waters is anything, but only God, who makes things grow.

Cross-reference data: Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (public domain) via OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0).

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