| 42. Linguistic Exegesis The verse begins with the comparative adverbial houtōs kai {Οὕτως καὶ | hoútōs kaí} “thus also,” linking this teaching to Paul’s preceding analogy. The nominative phrase hē anastasis tōn nekrōn {ἡ ἀνάστασις τῶν νεκρῶν | hē anástasis tōn nekrôn} serves as the subject of two parallel passive verbs, speíretai {σπείρεται | speíretai} “it is sown” and egeíretai {ἐγείρεται | egeíretai} “it is raised.” Each verb is modified by a dative prepositional phrase: en phthorai {ἐν φθορᾷ | en phthorâi} “in corruption” and en aphtharsiai {ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ | en aphtharsíāi} “in incorruption,” forming an antithesis between mortal decay and imperishable existence. The formal translation preserves this Greek parallelism with “it is sown… it is raised,” while the dynamic version makes the agricultural metaphor explicit by likening the process to a seed, clarifying “perishable” and “imperishable” for contemporary readers. |