The Death of the Seed
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Of seeds: But if it dies, it bears much fruit. It is evident that the living one dies; and you once set aside eating the things possessed which have the life-giving power.
And the apostle Paul says: That which you sow is not made alive unless it dies (1 Corinthians 15:36); and that which you sow, not the body.
Greek
σπερμάτων· Ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, καρπὸν πολὺν φέρει. ∆ῆλον ὅτι ὁ ζῶν ἀποθνῄσκει· σὺ δὲ ἅπαξ παρεφυλάξω ἐσθίειν τὰ κεκτημένα τὴν ζωτικὴν δύναμιν. Καὶ ὁ ἀπόστολος Παῦλος· Σὺ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ ζωοποιεῖται, ἐὰν μὴ ἀποθάνῃ· καὶ ὃ σπείρεις, οὐ τὸ σῶμα