1 Corinthians 15:36
Foolish man, it is necessary for the seed which you put into the earth to undergo death in order that it may come to life again:
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- John 12:24 : 24 Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.
- Rom 1:22 : 22 Seeming to be wise, they were in fact foolish,
- Eph 5:15 : 15 Take care then how you are living, not as unwise, but as wise;
- Luke 11:40 : 40 O you foolish ones! did not he who made the outside in the same way make the inside?
- Luke 12:20 : 20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
- Luke 24:25 : 25 And he said, O foolish men! how slow you are to give belief to what the prophets have said.
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- 1 Cor 15:37-382 verses86%
37 And when you put it into the earth, you do not put in the body which it will be, but only the seed, of grain or some other sort of plant;
38 But God gives it a body, as it is pleasing to him, and to every seed its special body.
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35 But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?
- John 12:24-252 verses76%
24 Truly I say to you, If a seed of grain does not go into the earth and come to an end, it is still a seed and no more; but through its death it gives much fruit.
25 He who is in love with life will have it taken from him; and he who has no care for his life in this world will keep it for ever and ever.
- Gal 6:7-82 verses75%
7 Be not tricked; God is not made sport of: for whatever seed a man puts in, that will he get back as grain.
8 Because he who puts in the seed of the flesh will of the flesh get the reward of death; but he who puts in the seed of the Spirit will of the Spirit get the reward of eternal life.
- 1 Cor 15:42-443 verses73%
42 So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:
43 It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:
44 It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.
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20 But God said to him, You foolish one, tonight I will take your soul from you, and who then will be the owner of all the things which you have got together?
- John 4:36-372 verses72%
36 He who does the cutting now has his reward; he is getting together fruit for eternal life, so that he who did the planting and he who gets in the grain may have joy together.
37 In this the saying is a true one, One does the planting, and another gets in the grain.
- Mark 4:26-283 verses71%
26 And he said, Such is the kingdom of God, as if a man put seed in the earth,
27 And went to sleep and got up, night and day, and the seed came to growth, though he had no idea how.
28 The earth gives fruit by herself; first the leaf, then the head, then the full grain.
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6 But in the Writings it says, He who puts in only a small number of seeds, will get in the same; and he who puts them in from a full hand, will have produce in full measure from them.
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18 Let no man have a false idea. If any man seems to himself to be wise among you, let him become foolish, so that he may be wise.
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14 The seed is the word.
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53 For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.
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6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root, it became dry and dead.
7 And some went among the thorns, and the thorns came up, and it had no room for growth and gave no fruit.
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22 And that which was dropped among the thorns, this is he who has the word; and the cares of this life, and the deceits of wealth, put a stop to the growth of the word and it gives no fruit.
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16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:
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13 For if you go in the way of the flesh, death will come on you; but if by the Spirit you put to death the works of the body, you will have life.
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17 Be not evil overmuch, and be not foolish. Why come to your end before your time?
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8 Though its root may be old in the earth, and its cut-off end may be dead in the dust;
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29 But he says, No, for fear that by chance while you take up the evil plants, you may be rooting up the grain with them.
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12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you.
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6 If a man does not keep himself in me, he becomes dead and is cut off like a dry branch; such branches are taken up and put in the fire and burned.
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63 The spirit is the life giver; the flesh is of no value: the words which I have said to you are spirit and they are life.
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9 And if, after that, it has fruit, it is well; if not, let it be cut down.
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50 Now I say this, my brothers, that it is not possible for flesh and blood to have a part in the kingdom of God; and death may not have a part in life.
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6 It is right for the worker in the fields to be the first to take of the fruit.
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4 Be in me at all times as I am in you. As the branch is not able to give fruit of itself, if it is not still on the vine, so you are not able to do so if you are not in me.
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23 Because you have had a new birth, not from the seed of man, but from eternal seed, through the word of a living and unchanging God.
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5 And some of the seed went among the stones, where it had not much earth, and straight away it came up because the earth was not deep:
6 And when the sun was high, it was burned; and because it had no root it became dry and dead.
7 And some seeds went among thorns, and the thorns came up and they had no room for growth:
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12 Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?
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4 He who is watching the wind will not get the seed planted, and he who is looking at the clouds will not get in the grain.
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20 Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
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13 But he said in answer, Every plant which my Father in heaven has not put in the earth, will be taken up by the roots.
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25 Truly I say to you, The time is coming, it has even now come, when the voice of the Son of God will come to the ears of the dead, and those hearing it will have life.
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26 You will come to your last resting-place in full strength, as the grain is taken up to the crushing-floor in its time.
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4 Do not give to the foolish man a foolish answer, or you will be like him.
5 Give a foolish man a foolish answer, or he will seem wise to himself.
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46 But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.
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5 The foolish man, folding his hands, takes the flesh of his body for food.
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5 I say to you, It is not so: but if your hearts are not changed, you will all come to an end in the same way.