{Not the body which shall be} (ou to s(936d)a to
gen(8873)omenon). Articular future participle of ginomai,
literally, "not the body that will become." The new {body}
(s(936d)a) is not yet in existence, but only the seed (kokkos,
grain, old word, as in  Mt 13:31 ). {It may chance} (ei
tuchoi). Fourth class condition as in  14:10  which see. Paul is
rich in metaphors here, though usually not so (Howson, _Metaphors
of St. Paul_). Paul was a city man. We sow seeds, not plants
(bodies). The butterfly comes out of the dying worm.