As a way to prepare for Easter, I invite you to join me on a 58 day journey through the 58 verses of 1 Corinthians 15 in Greek. Below is a link to the video. Click here for the previous video on 1 Cor 15:35 and click here for the next video on 1 Cor 15:37.

1 Corinthians 15:36 Video

Below is a link to a PDF version of the PowerPoint used in the above video.

1 Corinthians 15:36 (PDF)

1 Corinthians 15:36

36 ἄφρων, σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζῳοποιεῖται ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ·

36 Fool! What you sow is not made alive unless it dies.

ἄφρων, – voc. subst. adj.

σὺ – nom. subj. of the rel. clause. Emphatic (subj. focus, not contrast) and fronted [W321-23].

ὃ – rel. pronoun marking a rel. clause. The rel. clause is the subj. of the main verb ζῳοποιεῖται [W660-61]. ὃ is the acc. dir. obj. of the rel. clause. The implied antecedent is probably σπέρμα which is why ὃ is neut.

σπείρεις, – verb of the rel. clause [pres-act-ind-2-s-σπείρω]. Customary present [W521-22].

οὐ – neg. adv.

ζῳοποιεῖται – main verb [pres-pass-ind-3-s-ζωοποιέω]. Gnomic present [W523-25].

ἐὰν μὴ – idiom for “unless.”

ἀποθάνῃ· – subj. and verb of sub. clause [aor-act-subjv-3-s-αποθνήσκω].