1 Corinthians 15:35 (LSB)

Passage

But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:33 Do not be deceived: “Bad company corrupts good morals.”

1 Corinthians 15:34 Become righteously sober-minded, and stop sinning; for some have no knowledge of God. I speak this to your shame.

1 Corinthians 15:35 But someone will say, “How are the dead raised? And with what kind of body do they come?”

1 Corinthians 15:36 You fool! That which you sow does not come to life unless it dies;

1 Corinthians 15:37 and that which you sow, you do not sow the body which is to be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or of something else.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "someone", "dead", "raised", "kind", "body", and "come". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "someone" and "dead", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "Become righteously sober-minded and stop sinning for..." into verse 36's "You fool That which you sow does...", so "someone" and "dead" 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 "someone" and "dead" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.