For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God.
Least. 'Paulus' means least.
I persecuted the church of God. Though God forgave him, Paul could hardly forgive himself for his past sin.
Verse 1 Corinthians 15:9. _I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES_] This was literally _true_ in reference to his being chosen _last_, and chosen not in the _number_ of the _twelve_, but as an _extra_ apostl...
FOR - A reason for the appellation which he had given to himself in 1 Corinthians 15:8. I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES - Not on account of any defect in his commission, or any lack of qualification to...
III. RESURRECTION AND THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH AND CONCLUSION: Chapter S 15-16 1. Resurrection and the Hope of the Church. CHAPTER 15 _ 1. The Gospel and the Resurrection of Christ. (1 Corinthians 1...
1 CORINTHIANS 15. THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. This discussion seems not to have been elicited by the church letter, but by information which had reached Paul through another source. Some were denyin...
JESUS' RESURRECTION AND OURS (1 Corinthians 15:1-58) 1 Corinthians 15:1-58 is both one of the greatest and one of the most difficult Chapter s in the New Testament. Not only is it in itself difficult...
Brothers, I want to make clear to you the nature of the good news that I preached to you, that gospel which you also received, and in which you stand, and through which you are saved. I want to make c...
LEAST. Figure of speech _Meiosis_ (App-6). CHURCH. App-186. GOD. App-98....
_because I persecuted the church of God_ Acts 7:58; Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1. Cf. Galatians 1:13;...
1 Corinthians 15:1-58. THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION This chapter is one of the deepest and most mysterious in the Bible. It is the one exception to the statement in ch. 3 that St Paul was unable t...
ἹΚΑΝΌΣ. A.V. _meet_. Literally, SUFFICIENT. ΔΙΌΤΙ ἘΔΊΩΞΑ. Acts 7:58; Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1. Cf. Galatians 1:13;...
_CHRIST AND THE RESURRECTION GOSPEL 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-11:_ "Christ was raised to life" is the very heart of gospel preaching. Paul and all early gospel preachers proclaimed that Christ died for our s...
ΕΛΆΧΙΣΤΟΣ _superl. от_ ΜΙΚΡΌΣ (G1646) малый, маленький; superl. мельчайший, последний. Истинный superl., с последующим _gen._ сравнения. Praed. _пот._ с артиклем означает, что подлежащее и сказуемое е...
FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES, &C.— "For how much soever I be now enriched, and advanced to gifts and graces, and in the honours of the apostolate; and how eminent and successful soever my labour...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION l Its Historicity (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) 15 Now I would remind you brethren, in what terms I preached to you the gospel, which you received, in which also you stand, 2by...
24 Predicting, or foretelling, is not necessarily involved in the gift of prophecy. The prophet, in Scripture, is the mouthpiece or spokesman of God. He may speak of the past, the present, or the futu...
_(F) THE FACT AND THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD_ Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this would...
THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES] cp. 1 Timothy 1:12....
SERVANTS OF CHRIST 1 CORINTHIANS _HILDA BRIGHT_ CHAPTER 15 *RESURRECTION 15:1-58 The reason that Paul was writing about the *resurrection is in verse 12. Some Christians were saying that there i...
FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES. — _Paulus Minimus._ Here the mention of his conversion — the thought of what he had been before, what he had become since — leads the Apostle into a digression, occ...
CHAPTER 21 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST I. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREED PAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the othe...
§ 50. THE FACTS CONCERNING CHRIST'S RESURRECTION. The doubt which the Ap. combats strikes at the fundamental, probative fact of his Gospel. He must therefore go back to the beginning, and reassert the...
ὁ ἐλάχιστος corresponds to ἔσχατον πάντων (1 Corinthians 15:8); “the least” properly comes “last”: _cf._ Ephesians 3:8, which enhances this expression; also 1 Timothy 1:15. ὃς οὐκ εἰμὶ ἱκανὸς καλεῖσθα...
THE GOSPEL: CHRIST DIED AND ROSE AGAIN 1 Corinthians 15:1 If 1 Corinthians 13:1 is a psalm of love, this chapter is a psalm of hope-a hope that cannot be ashamed. It is the most memorable argument in...
The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were so...
When Paul Saw Jesus The record of Christ's appearance to Paul is found in Acts 9:5; Acts 22:6-8; Acts 26:14-18. McGarvey says, "The other apostles had three years and a half filled with instruction, a...
I. WITH THE FACT OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY CHRISTIAN SALVATION RISES OR FALLS. VERS. 1-34. The apostle's first care is to establish firmly the fact of the resurrection of Jesus, on which rests...
“For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the Church of God. 10. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in va...
(1) Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; (2) By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached...
As usual, the introductory words (1 Corinthians 1:1-3) of the epistle give us no little intimation of that which is to follow. The apostle speaks of himself as such "called [to be] an apostle of Jesus...
9._For I am the least _It is not certain whether his enemies threw out this for the purpose of detracting from his credit, or whether it was entirely of his own accord, that he made the _acknowledgmen...
But other evils had found means to introduce themselves into the midst of the shining gifts which were exercised in the bosom of the flock at Corinth. The resurrection of the dead was denied. Satan is...
FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES,.... Referring not to the littleness of his stature, but to the figure before used, and as expressing not the opinion of others concerning him, but the true and real...
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. Ver. 9. _I am the least of the apostles_] Not come to my just size, as one born o...
_I am the least of the apostles, because I persecuted_, &c. True believers are humbled all their lives for the sins they committed before they repented and believed. _But by the grace of God I am what...
THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES; least worthy, or most unworthy and guilty. Ephesians 3:8. NOT MEET; not worthy, or fit, Acts 9:1; Acts 26:9-11....
OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. The facts of Christ's resurrection:...
FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES, THAT AM NOT MEET TO BE CALLED AN APOSTLE, BECAUSE I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD....
This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is th...
FOR. AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES, THAT AM NOT MEET TO BE CALLED AN APOSTLE, BECAUSE. PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD. 'least of the apostles' -(Ephesians 3:8; 1 Timothy 1:15). Paul is not saying that h...
1-11 The word resurrection, usually points out our existence beyond the grave. Of the apostle's doctrine not a trace can be found in all the teaching of philosophers. The doctrine of Christ's death a...
THE LEAST, not in dignity, or gifts, or labours; (he tells us, that he had _laboured more than all, _ he had made the gospel to abound _from Jerusalem to Illyricum; _ he hath in this Epistle let us kn...
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. [Comp. Acts 7:57; Acts 8:1-3; Acts 9:1; 1 Timothy 1:13
Origen de Principiis Book I Paul were sprung from the root of a good tree, how should they be deemed to have brought forth fruits so wicked? And if they should return the answer which is generally inv...
1 Corinthians 15:9 For G1063 I G1473 am G1510 (G5748) least G1646 apostles G652 who G3739 am G1510 ...
THE WITNESSES TO THE RESURRECTION (15:5-10). 'And that he appeared (literally 'was seen by) to Cephas; then to the twelve; then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater...
1 Corinthians 15:9. FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES though still I am one. While deprecating the occupant, he magnifies the office....
THE LEAST (ο ελαχιστος). True superlative, not elative. Explanation of the strong word εκτρωμα just used. See Ephesians 3:8 where he calls himself "less than the least of all saints" and 1 Timothy 1...
1 Corinthians 15:3 I. The gospel which Paul preached was very simple. (1) The articles of his creed were few and plain. "Christ died; He was buried; He rose again." (2) He delivered them "first of all...
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 wh...
1 Corinthians 15:1. _Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel_ Mark that Paul writes concerning «the gospel.» We shall see now what «the gospel» is. 1 Corinthians 15:1. Which I preached unto...
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 wh...
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 wh...
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 wh...
CONTENTS: The resurrection of Christ and the resurrection of believers resulting from it. CHARACTERS: God, Christ, Paul, Cephas, James, Adam. CONCLUSION: The resurrection of Christ, together with His...
1 Corinthians 15:1. _I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you._ We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially the d...
FOR I AM THE LEAST. That is, by human standards, because he persecuted the church. _Schmiedel_ thinks that TO EKTROMA was one of the insulting names pinned on Paul by the _circumcision party;_ and tha...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:9 On Paul as persecutor of the church, see Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1;...
1 CORINTHIANS 15:1 The Futility of Faith If the Dead Are Not Raised. Many people in the ancient Greco-Roman world believed that death ended life completely or led to a permanent but shadowy existence...
CHAPTER 15 SYNOPSIS OF THE CHAPTER He proves the resurrection of the dead against the false teachers who denied it: I. From the fact of Christ's resurrection. Thus (ver. 12) he gives the bearing of...
_For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle._ Not only the least and unworthy because of my sins, but not fit for the apostleship; for it is not meet that one who was...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ Note: 1. The main teaching of chapter is _almost pure dogma_. It is for the most part matter of simple revelation and belief. 2. The _earliest_ extant _written account_ of the appea...
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 i...
Let's turn to I Corinthians, chapter 15. The Corinthian church was a real mess. A lot of carnality that led to divisions, a lot of party spirit, a real misunderstanding of the spiritual gifts, a lot o...
1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians 12:11;...
THE GLORIOUS GOSPEL 1 Corinthians 15:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle Paul said: "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and where...
I persecuted the church — True believers are humbled all their lives, even for the sins they committed before they believed....
Observe here, 1. The profound humility of this great apostle, and how low he was in his own thoughts: he calls himself THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES, nay, NOT MEET or worthy to be called an apostle, becau...