1 Corinthians 15:43

BSB · Public Domain (CC0)

“It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.”

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BSBPD

“It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.”

Berean Standard Bible · Public Domain (CC0)
KJVPD

“It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:”

King James Version · Public Domain
ASVPD

“it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:”

American Standard Version · Public Domain
YLTPD

“it is sown in dishonour, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power;”

Young's Literal Translation · Public Domain
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Cross references

Other passages that echo 1 Corinthians 15:43 — 12 related verses from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  1. Job 14:10But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last, and where is he?
  2. Psalms 102:23He has broken my strength on the way; He has cut short my days.
  3. Daniel 12:1“At that time Michael, the great prince who stands watch over your people, will rise up. There will be a time of distress, the likes of which will not have occurred from the beginning of nations until that time. But at that time your people—everyone whose name is found written in the book—will be delivered.
  4. Matthew 13:43Then the righteous will shine like the sun in the kingdom of their Father. He who has ears, let him hear.
  5. Matthew 22:29Jesus answered, “You are mistaken because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God.
  6. Mark 12:24Jesus said to them, “Aren’t you mistaken, because you do not know the Scriptures or the power of God?
  7. 1 Corinthians 6:14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
  8. 2 Corinthians 13:4For He was indeed crucified in weakness, yet He lives by God’s power. And though we are weak in Him, yet by God’s power we will live with Him to serve you.
  9. 2 Corinthians 13:14The grace of the Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit be with all of you.
  10. Philippians 3:10I want to know Christ and the power of His resurrection and the fellowship of His sufferings, being conformed to Him in His death,
  11. Philippians 3:20But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ,
  12. Colossians 3:4When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.

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