It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
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Irenaeus of Lyons
AD 202
But what is that which, like a grain of wheat, is sown in the earth and decays, unless it be the bodies which are laid in the earth, into which seeds are also cast? And for this reason he said, "It is sown in dishonour, it rises in glory.".
For what is more ignoble than dead flesh? Or, on the other hand, what is more glorious than the same when it arises and partakes of in corruption? "It is sown in weakness, it is raised in power: "