1 Corinthians 15:36 (DRB)

Passage

Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:34 Awake, ye just, and sin not. For some have not the knowledge of God. I speak it to your shame.

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some man will say: How do the dead rise again? Or with what manner of body shall they come?

1 Corinthians 15:36 Senseless man, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die first.

1 Corinthians 15:37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not the body that shall be: but bare grain, as of wheat, or of some of the rest.

1 Corinthians 15:38 But God giveth it a body as he will: and to every seed its proper body.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "senseless", "thou", "sowest", "quickened", "except", and "first". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "senseless" and "thou", 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 do..." into verse 37's "And that which thou sowest thou sowest...", so "senseless" and "thou" 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 "senseless" and "thou" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.