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# What you sow is not the body that will be
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Paul uses the metaphor of the seed again to say that God will resurrect the dead body of the believer, but that body will not appear as it was. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metaphor]])
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# What you sow
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Paul is speaking to the Corinthians as if they were one person, so the word "you" here is singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-you]])
# God will give it a body as he chooses
"God will decide what kind of body it will have"
# flesh
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In the context of animals, "flesh" may be translated as "body," "skin," or "meat."
# translationWords
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/sow]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/body]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/seed]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/flesh]]