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. At this point, there will no longer be any videos or PowerPoint PDFs, though I may finish those at some later time in the future. Click here for the previous post on 1 Cor 15:41 and click here for the next post on 1 Cor 15:43.

1 Corinthians 15:42

42 Οὕτως καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν. σπείρεται ἐν φθορᾷ, ἐγείρεται ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ·

42 So also (is) the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruptibility.

Οὕτως – adv. referring to what precedes it. Used elliptically.

καὶ – additive/adjunctive conj. [W671]. Adverbial use of καὶ (“also”).

ἡ ἀνάστασις – nom. subj. of an elliptical sentence.

τῶν νεκρῶν. – obj. gen. [W116-19]. “_____ raises the dead.” Substantival use of the adj. [W294-95].

σπείρεται – subj. and main verb [pres-pass-ind-3-s-σπείρω]. Asyndeton [W658]. Gnomic present [W523-25].

ἐν φθορᾷ, – prep. phrase.

ἐγείρεται – subj. and main verb [pres-pass-ind-3-s-εγείρω]. Asyndeton [W658]. Gnomic present [W523-25].

ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ· – prep. phrase.