1 Corinthians 15:35 (YLT)

Passage

But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:33 Be not led astray; evil communications corrupt good manners;

1 Corinthians 15:34 awake up, as is right, and sin not; for certain have an ignorance of God; for shame to you I say <FI>it<Fi> .

1 Corinthians 15:35 But some one will say, `How do the dead rise?

1 Corinthians 15:36 unwise! thou--what thou dost sow is not quickened except it may die;

1 Corinthians 15:37 and that which thou dost sow, not the body that shall be dost thou sow, but bare grain, it may be of wheat, or of some one of the others,

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 34's "awake up as is right and sin..." into verse 36's "unwise thou--what thou dost sow is not...", so "some" 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 "some" and "dead" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.