Vincent Word Studies - 1 Corinthians 15:35 - 15:35

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Vincent Word Studies - 1 Corinthians 15:35 - 15:35


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How - with what (πῶς - ποίῳ)

Rev., correctly, with what manner of. There are two questions: the first as to the manner, the second as to the form in which resurrection is to take place. The answer to the first, How, etc., is, the body is raised through death (1Co 15:36); to the second, with what kind of a body, the answer, expanded throughout nearly the whole chapter, is, a spiritual body.

Body (σώματι)

Organism. The objection assumes that the risen man must exist in some kind of an organism; and as this cannot be the fleshly body which is corrupted and dissolved, resurrection is impossible. Σῶμα body is related to σάρξ flesh, as general to special; σῶμα denoting the material organism, not apart from any matter, but apart from any definite matter; and σάρξ the definite earthly, animal organism. See on Rom 6:6. The question is not, what will be the substance of the risen body, but what will be its organization (Wendt)?