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 in the underworld. The concept of having a physical body after death was known mainly from popular f... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:6 THOUGH SOME HAVE FALLEN ASLEEP. Paul is careful not to exaggerate (compare 1 Corinthians 7:10, 1 Corinthians 7:12). This shows the great care that early Christians took in preserving historically accurate details about Jesus. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:7 JAMES 1:1. See note on 9:4–5. ALL THE APOSTLES. The full group of apostles is larger than “the Twelve.” It included, among others, James and Paul (1 Corinthians 15:8). One of the qualifications for apostleship was seeing the risen Lord (1 Corinthians 9:1). ⇐ [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:9 On Paul as persecutor of the church, see Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1; Acts 9:1; Galatians 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:13. ⇐ ⇔... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:12 RAISED FROM THE DEAD. Some of the Corinthians denied that believers would be raised. Paul emphasizes four times in vv. 1 Corinthians 15:12 that those who deny the bodily resurrection of believers also deny the bodily resurrection of Christ. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:17 STILL IN YOUR SINS. Jesus’ resurrection is proof that his death was an effective substitutionary sacrifice for sin. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:20 FIRSTFRUITS is the first sample of an agricultural crop, which indicates the nature and quality of the rest of the crop. Christ’s resurrection body indicates what the bodies of resurrected believers will be like (see also Romans 8:29; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Co... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:22 IN ADAM ALL DIE. See Romans 5:12, Romans 5:14, Romans 5:17; Ephesians 2:1, Ephesians 2:5. IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE. See Romans 5:17,... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:23 AT HIS COMING. When Christ returns, all his people from all time will receive resurrection bodies. Until that time, those who have died exist in heaven as spirits without bodies (see 2 Corinthians 5:8; Hebrews 12:23; Revelation 6:9). The phrase THOSE WHO BEL... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:24 On the REIGN of Christ and his control of all things (UNDER HIS FEET), see Psalms 8:6; Psalms 110:1; Ephesians 1:20; Hebrews 2:5. DEATH. When believers are finally resurrected from the dead, the destruction of death will be complete. See... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:28 THE SON... WILL ALSO BE SUBJECTED. Jesus is one with God the Father and equal to the Father in deity (1 Corinthians 8:6; John 10:30; John 14:9; Hebrews 1:8). Yet he also submits to God the Father (Mark 14:36;... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:29 BAPTIZED ON BEHALF OF THE DEAD. Some interpreters believe this refers to baptism on behalf of deceased people, probably those who had believed in Christ but had not been baptized before they died (see Luke 23:43). Whatever the practice is, Paul reports it wi... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:30 Taking risks to proclaim the gospel makes no sense if there is no resurrection. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:35 Apparently the Corinthians did not understand how material bodies, subject to sickness, death, and eventual decay, could live eternally. Paul explains that God will change the bodies of believers to make them immortal. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElemen... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:42 IMPERISHABLE. No longer subject to physical decay or aging. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:43 The terms DISHONOR and GLORY refer here to outward physical appearance. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:44 Paul’s contrast between NATURAL and SPIRITUAL is a contrast between that which is temporally alive and that which is eternal (compare 1 Corinthians 2:14). Starting from Genesis 2:7, Paul explains that God created Adam from the DUST and animated him with brea... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:51 MYSTERY. See notes on 4:1 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:54 DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP. See v. 1 Corinthians 15:26. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:56 POWER OF SIN IS THE LAW. See Romans 5:20; Romans 7:5; Romans 8:1. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img; i [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:58 THEREFORE implies a practical application for the doctrine of the resurrection. The WORK Christians do for the kingdom of God will bring results that last forever. ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTagName("img"); for (var i=0, len=images.length, img... [ Continue Reading ]