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# You fool! What you sow
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Paul is speaking to the Corinthians as if they were one person, so both instances of "you" here are singular. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-you]])
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# fool
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"unthinking person." Paul is accusing them of not thinking carefully, He is not accusing them of moral error.
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# What you sow will not come to life unless it dies
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A seed will not grow unless it is first buried underground. In the same way, a person has to die before God can resurrect him. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-metaphor]])
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