1 Corinthians 15:36 (KJV)

Passage

Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?

1 Corinthians 15:36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:

1 Corinthians 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain:

1 Corinthians 15:38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "thou", "fool", "sowest", "quickened", and "except". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "thou" and "fool", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 35's "But some man will say How are..." into verse 37's "And that which thou sowest thou sowest...", so "thou" and "fool" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "thou" and "fool" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.