Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
1 Corinthians 15:53
Verse 53. For this corruptible, c.] Because flesh and blood cannot inherit glory therefore, there must be a refinement by death, or a change without it.
Verse 53. For this corruptible, c.] Because flesh and blood cannot inherit glory therefore, there must be a refinement by death, or a change without it.
FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE ... - It is necessary that a change should take place, either by dying and then being raised, or by being changed without seeing death; for we cannot enter heaven as we are now. M...
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...
A new question is now introduced, What will happen to those who are alive when Christ returns? (_cf_. 1 Thessalonians 4:13). The principle that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God finds...
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 say this, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the Kingdom of God, nor can corruption inherit incorruption. Look now--I tell you something which only the initiated can understand. We shall...
CORRUPTIBLE. Greek. _phthart_. _s_. See Romans 1:23. MORTAL. Greek. _thnetos._ See Romans 6:12. IMMORTALITY. Greek. _athanasia._ Only here, 1 Corinthians 15:54, and...
_For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality_ Cf. 2 Corinthians 5:4. The Apostle has just said that -flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God." He n...
ΔΕΙ͂ ΓᾺΡ ΤῸ ΦΘΑΡΤῸΝ ΤΟΥ͂ΤΟ. The Apostle has just said that ‘flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God.’ He now explains in what sense these words are to be taken. There is a sense in which the...
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...
_CHANGES BROUGHT BY THE RESURRECTION 1 CORINTHIANS 15:35-58:_ Some were asking, "How will the dead be raised to life? What kind of bodies will they have?" They were taught that changes would take plac...
ΔΕΙ (G1163) _praes. ind. act._ ΦΘΑΡΤΌΣ (G5349) тленный, подверженный упадку, ΈΝΔΎΣΑΣΘΑΙ _aor. med. (dep.) inf. от_ ΈΝΔΎΩ (G1746) надевать, одеваться, ΘΝΗΤΌΣ (G2349) смертный, уязвимый для смерти (М...
DISCOURSE: 1995 DEATH A CONQUERED ENEMY 1 Corinthians 15:51. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last tru...
FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE, &C.— "For, in order hereunto, (το φθαρτον τουτο) this very individual decaying and corruptible body, which is now liable to putrefaction, and will soon corrupt in the grave, must...
APPLEBURY'S COMMENTS _Answer to Problems of The Resurrection_ (35-58) _Text_ 1 Corinthians 15:35-58. But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come? 36 Tho...
BUTLER'S COMMENTS SECTION 3 Its Heavenliness (1 Corinthians 15:35-57) 35 But some one will ask, How are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come? 36You foolish man! What you sow does not...
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. THIS - pointing to his own and their body. PUT ON - as a garment (2 Corinthians 5:2). IMMORTALITY - athan...
40 There is no direct statement here that our bodies will be changed to celestial bodies, in accord with the later revelation of Ephesians, but such an inference would be in point. Even among the cele...
THIS MORTAL (body) _must_ PUT ON IMMORTALITY] cp. 2 Corinthians 5:1. 54-58. The Resurrection is the final triumph over sin and death. When this glorious body has been received, then will be the end of...
_(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...
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 THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST... — Here again is repeated the truth of 1 Corinthians 15:50, which shows the absolute necessity for a change in the nature _of the_ resurrection body. There is, however, an...
The necessity for change, negatively declared in 1 Corinthians 15:50, is now reaffirmed positively, as a necessity lying in the nature and relations of the changed: “For this corruptible (perishable)...
§ 56. VICTORY OVER DEATH. The second part of the argument of this chapter has now reached the same platform as the first (_cf._ §§ 51 and 54). The Resurrection of the Body, it has been shown, is an es...
VICTORY OVER SIN AND DEATH 1 Corinthians 15:42 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each be provide...
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...
The Greatest And Final Victory Our fleshly bodies will have no place in heaven since it is an incorruptible place (1 Peter 1:34). God's apostle to the Gentiles was revealing something which had long b...
“For this corruptible body must put on incorruption, and this mortal body put on immortality. 54. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality...
II. THE MODE OF THE RESURRECTION OF THE BODY. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:35-58. After demonstrating the essential part played by the resurrection in the Christian salvation, the apostle sets himself to answer t...
. But the miraculous and instantaneous change from mortality to immortality, which he here asserts, and which is to be wrought without passing through death, this is a mystery nowhere else spoken of....
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...
53._For this corruptible must _Mark, how we shall live in the kingdom of God both in body and in soul, while at the same time _flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God _— for they shall previ...
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 THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION,.... The apostle returns to what he had before asserted, concerning the necessity of an alteration in the qualities of bodies, in order to the enjoyment o...
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal _must_ put on immortality. Ver. 53. _For this corruptible_] Pointing to his body, he speaketh, as Psalms 34:6; "This poor man cried, the...
_For this corruptible_ This human nature, which is corruptible; _must_ In order to its partaking of the above-mentioned glory; _put on incorruption_ Be endued with such qualities as shall continue in...
FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY....
The transformation of the last day and the victory over death:...
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 THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL MUST PUT ON IMMORTALITY. 'this corruptible' -this body composed of "flesh and blood" (1 Corinthians 15:50). 'INCORRUPTION' -a body tha...
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 bea...
God hath so decreed, that our flesh and blood, in the state wherein now it is, shall not be glorified; it shall be the same body as to the substance, but not as to the qualities; it is now _corruptabl...
For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. [Man in his fleshly nature has no place in heaven, for corruption is antagonistic to incorruption, as light is t...
Epistle of Ignatius to the Tarsians And [says] the apostle, "For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality."[31] Irenaeus Against Heresies Book V contains al...
1 Corinthians 15:53 For G1063 this G5124 corruptible G5349 must G1163 (G5748) on G1746 (G5670) incorruption...
'For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then w...
_The Mode and Issues of the Resurrection,_ 35-57. The invaluable information on the subject of the resurrection here given is drawn forth in the way of reply to objections, arising from the difficult...
1 Corinthians 15:53. FOR THIS CORRUPTIBLE MUST PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL (of ours) [1] PUT ON IMMORTALITY. The same figure of “putting off” and “putting on” the _dress_ of our present and f...
MUST PUT ON (δε ενδυσασθα). Aorist (ingressive) middle infinitive, put on as a garment.IMMORTALITY (αθανασιαν). Old word from αθανατος, undying, and that from α privative and θνησκω, to die. In N...
1 Corinthians 15:50 The two main propositions contained in this verse are the following the first, Flesh and blood is corruption; the second, The kingdom of God is incorruption. I. Flesh and blood is...
1 Corinthians 15:53 What the change is to be of which the Apostle speaks, and how it is to be effected, it is needless to inquire particularly. It may be more profitable to notice some lessons which...
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 WHAT IS MORTAL. To share the Kingdom of God, our mortal bodies must become immortal, no longer capable of dying. Compare 2 Corinthians 5:1-5....
_Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God._ FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT ENTER THE KINGDOM OF GOD I. The general law. 1. This carries with it its own proof: for, obviously, darkness might as well...
_For this corruptible must put on incorruption._ THE GREAT CHANGE The apostle presents this-- I. As a contrast betwixt what man now is and what he will be. 1. Twice over the apostle affirms the cha...
1 CORINTHIANS—NOTE ON 1 CORINTHIANS 15:51 MYSTERY. See notes on 4:1 and 1 Thessalonians 4:13.
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 G...
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...
_CRITICAL NOTES_ 1 Corinthians 15:35.— (1) Emphasis on “_the dead_,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “_With what_ (kind of) _body?_” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36.—Emphasis on “_thou_” (so R...
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 John 3:2; 2 Corinthians 5:2; Ephesians 4:24; Galatians 3:27;...
This corruptible. As if pointing to his own body. Compare these hands, Acts 20:34; this tabernacle, 2 Corinthians 5:1. Put on [ε ν δ υ σ α σ θ α ι] The metaphor of clothing. Compare 2 Corinthians 5:2-...
HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED UP? 1 Corinthians 15:29 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29 1. The first...
Observe here, The identical expressions used by the apostle: he doth not say, corruptible must put on incorruption, and mortal must put on immortality, but THIS corruptible and THIS mortal, to show th...