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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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LEAST. Figure of speech _Meiosis_ (App-6).
CHURCH. App-186.
GOD. App-98....
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_because I persecuted the church of God_ Acts 7:58; Acts 8:3; Acts
9:1. Cf. Galatians 1:13;...
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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...
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ἹΚΑΝΌΣ. A.V. _meet_. Literally, SUFFICIENT.
ΔΙΌΤΙ ἘΔΊΩΞΑ. Acts 7:58; Acts 8:3; Acts 9:1. Cf. Galatians
1:13;...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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 forg...
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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...
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_(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...
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THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES] cp. 1 Timothy 1:12....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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§ 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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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“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...
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(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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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....
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OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD.
The facts of Christ's resurrection:...
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FOR I AM THE LEAST OF THE APOSTLES, THAT AM NOT MEET TO BE CALLED AN
APOSTLE, BECAUSE I PERSECUTED THE CHURCH OF GOD....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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1 Corinthians 15:9 For G1063 I G1473 am G1510 (G5748) least G1646
apostles G652 who G3739 am G1510 ...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:9 On Paul as persecutor of
the church, see Acts 7:58; Acts 8:1;...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Timothy 1:13; 1 Timothy 1:14; 2 Corinthians 11:5; 2 Corinthians
12:11;...
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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...
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I persecuted the church — True believers are humbled all their
lives, even for the sins they committed before they believed....
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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...