<p>15:37 <i>And what you sow is not the plant body that shall later be, but a bare grain, perhaps of wheat or some other grain</i>- The allusion is clearly to the Lord's parables of sowing; the requirement is that there shall come a harvest when the seed comes out of the ground. It is not the mature plant which is sown and then reappears. The seed sown is &quot;bare&quot;, or &quot;naked&quot;. Paul uses the same figure in 2 Cor. 5:3, where he likens the immortalizing of our bodies to our naked s.w. &quot;bare&quot; body being clothed upon with immortality. But there is something in common with our life now, just as there is a connection between the seed and the plant. And just as there are different types of crop, so there are different types of people who shall be immortalized- grain, wheat or some other crop which gives the bread of life to others. This may assist us in coping with the widely differing types we find within the church- one may be wheat, another grain. </p>