1 Corinthians 15:38 (YLT)

Passage

and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

Nearby Context

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,

1 Corinthians 15:38 and God doth give to it a body according as He willed, and to each of the seeds its proper body.

1 Corinthians 15:39 All flesh <FI>is<Fi> not the same flesh, but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another of fishes, and another of birds;

1 Corinthians 15:40 and <FI>there are<Fi> heavenly bodies, and earthly bodies; but one <FI>is<Fi> the glory of the heavenly, and another that of the earthly;

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "doth", "give", "body", "willed", "each", "seeds", and "proper". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "doth" and "give", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 37's "and that which thou dost sow not..." into verse 39's "All flesh FI is Fi not the...", so "doth" and "give" 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 "doth" and "give" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.