Against the Heretics · §19

The Seed and the Body

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You sow what is about to become, but if you should happen to find a naked grain of wheat or of something else; but God gives it a body, just as He willed. It has also been demonstrated concerning the seeds, how it dies and is made alive (1 Cor 15:36), and that God gives it a body.

Greek

τὸ γενησόμενον σπείρεις, ἀλλὰ γυμνὸν κόκκον εἰ τύχοι σίτου ἤ τινος τῶν λοιπῶν· ὁ δὲ θεὸς δίδωσιν αὐτῷ σῶμα, καθὼς ἠθέλησεν. Ἀποδέδεικται καὶ περὶ τῶν σπερμάτων, πῶς ἀποθνῄσκει καὶ ζωοποιεῖται καὶ ὅτι ὁ θεὸς δίδωσιν αὐτῷ σῶμα,

About this text

A fierce defense of Christian truth against deceptive heresies and their harmful influence on believers.

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Witnesses

  • Copy-text PG 39 (Khazarzar) (Greek)

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