1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, BEHOLD - calling attention to the "mystery" heretofore hidden in God's purposes, but now revealed. YOU - emphatic, 'I tell (namely, by the word of the Lord, 1 Thessalonians 4:15) YOU [ humin (G5213) legoo (G3004)], Who think you have so much knowledge, "a mystery" (cf. Romans 11:25) which your reason could never have discovered. 'Aleph (') C G g, Origen, 2,552 b 100: Greek manuscripts Didymus, in Jerome, and Acacius read, 'We shall all sleep, but we shall not all be changed'-plainly a corru...

Hitherto he has included two things in his reasoning. In _the first _place, he shows that there will be a resurrection from the dead: _secondly, _he shows of what nature it will be. Now, however, he enters more thoroughly into a description of the manner of it. This he calls a _mystery, _because it had not been as yet so clearly unfolded in any statement of revelation; but he does this to make them more attentive. For that wicked doctrine had derived strength from the circumstance, that they disputed as to this matter carelessly and at their ease; (127) as if it were a matter in which they felt no difficulty. Hence by the term _mystery, _he admonishes them to learn a matter, which was not only as yet unknown to them, but ought to be reckoned among God’s heavenly secrets. 51._We shall not indeed all sleep. _Here there is no difference in the Greek manuscripts, but in the Latin version

51-58 All the saints should not die, but all would be changed. In the gospel, many truths, before hidden in mystery, are made known. Death never shall appear in the regions to which our Lord will bear his risen saints. Therefore let us seek the full assurance of faith and hope, that in the midst of pain, and in the prospect of death, we may think calmly on the horrors of the tomb; assured that our bodies will there sleep, and in the mean time our souls will be present with the Redeemer. Sin gives death all its hurtful power. The sting of death is sin; but Christ, by dying, has taken out this sting; he has made atonement for sin, he has obtained remission of it. The strength of sin is the law. None can answer its demands, endure its curse, or do away his own transgressions. Hence terror and anguish. And hence death is terrible to the unbelieving and the impenitent. Death may seize a beli...

Verse 51. _I SHOW YOU A MYSTERY_] That is, a thing which you have never known before. But what is this _mystery_? Why, that _we_ _shall not all sleep_; we shall not all _die_; but we shall all be _changed_: of this the Jews had not _distinct_ notions. For, as flesh and blood cannot inherit glory, and all shall not be found _dead_ at the day of judgment, then all must be _changed_-undergo such a change that their bodies may become _spiritual_, like the bodies of those who shall be raised from the dead....

BEHOLD I SHOW YOU - This commences the third subject of inquiry in the chapter, the question, what will become of those who are alive when the Lord Jesus shall return to raise the dead? This was an obvious inquiry, and the answer was, perhaps, supposed to be difficult. Paul answers it directly, and says that they will undergo an instantaneous change, which will make them like the dead that shall be raised. A MYSTERY - On the meaning of this word, see the note on 1 Corinthians 2:7. The word here does not mean anything which was in its nature unintelligible, but that which to them had been hitherto unknown. “I now communicate to you a truth which has not been brought into the discussion, and in regard to which no communication has been made to you.” On this subject there had been no revelation. Though the Pharise

EXPOSITION 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 _The doctrine of the resurrection. _This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently beautiful and important. No human words ever written have brought such comfort to millions of mourners as the words of this chapter, which form a part of the Burial Service of almost every Christian community. It is the more deeply imprinted on the memory of men because it comes to us in the most solemn hours of bereavement, when we have most need of a living faith. The chapter falls into six sections. 1. The evidence of Christ's resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1). 2. The resurrection of Christ is the foundati

BEHOLD, I SHOW YOU A MYSTERY,.... Or a secret, which could never have been discovered by reason, or the light of nature, and what is of pure revelation; and which perhaps the apostle became acquainted with, when he was caught up into the third heaven; and is what is never made mention of by any prophet, or apostle, but himself: he prefaces the account of it in this manner, partly to show the great respect he had for these Corinthians, that he treated them as his bosom friends, to whom he communicated his secrets; and partly to excite their curiosity and attention: WE SHALL NOT ALL SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED; some copies read, "we shall all rise again, but we shall not all be changed", and so the Vulgate Latin version; according to which the sense is, all will rise again, both just and unjust, but all will not be changed into a state of glory; but the apostle is only speaking of...

1 Corinthians 15:1. _Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain._ What was this gospel, of which Paul thought so highly, and which he says is the means of our salvation? Did it consist in sundry doctrinal statements? No, it contained doctrinal statements, but it did not consist entirely of them. Here is Paul's declaration concerning the gospel: 1 Corinthians 15:3. _For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures;_ This is the solid basis of the gospel....

MYSTERY (_ See Scofield) - (Matthew 13:11). _...

1 CORINTHIANS 15:51 ouv koimhqhso,meqa( pa,ntej de. avllaghso,meqa {A} The reading which best explains the origin of the others is that preserved in B Dc K P Y 81 614 _Byz Lect_ syrp, h copsa, bo goth eth _al_. Because Paul and his correspondents had died, the statement pa,ntej ouv koimhqhso,meqa seemed to call for correction. The simplest alteration was to transfer the negative to the following clause (a (A*) C 33 1739 itg arm eth _al_). That this was an early modification is shown by the artificial conflation of both readings in î46 Ac Origen; ou=n in Ggr may have arisen f...