"35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with...

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    "35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come?
    36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die:
    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:
    38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.
    39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

    40 There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.
    41 There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
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    42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: Same body.

    43 It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: Same body.
    44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. But the same body."
    "53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. Same body."


    Here is another interesting example of interpretation being skewed based on preconceived understanding.
    In this case you seem unable to conceive that the term "body" could mean anything other than the blood, bones and flesh of the Terrestrial body .. understandable because that's the only one you know.

    However, if anything is clear in the above verses, especially 42, 43, 44 and 53, it is that the "new" body is most definitely not the same as the previous "corrupted" Terrestrial body.
    It is only the mind of wotsup that appends the term "same body" when each verse details how the new body is completely different in nature and certainly not the "same body".

    Rom 8:11 is not talking about a resurrected body following death but "quickening" of the existing body through the same "Spirit" that raised Jesus.

    Just for my own interest could you briefly outline what you think is the (Earthly) "life ... death ... who knows" ...... process.
    For example, are you with the JW's and those who believe the dead stay dead and buried until being raised to brand spanking new physical bodies at the second coming ?
 
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