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1 Corinthians 15:41
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.
Verse 41. THERE IS _ONE GLORY OF THE SUN_] As if he had said: This may be illustrated by the present _appearance_ of the celestial bodies which belong to our system. The _sun_ has a greater degree of...
THERE IS ONE GLORY OF THE SUN ... - The sun has one degree of splendor, and the moon another, and so also the stars. They differ from each other in magnitude, in brightness, in beauty. The idea in thi...
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...
Paul now meets the objection, How are the dead raised? in what kind of a body do they come back from the tomb? Only a fool (in the Hebrew rather than the Greek sense), he tartly says, would ask such a...
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...
But perhaps someone says, "In what form are the dead raised? With what kind of body do they come?" That is a foolish question. When you sow a seed, it cannot be made alive, unless it first dies. It is...
ONE, ANOTHER, ANOTHER. Greek. _alios._ App-124. _ ONE, ANOTHER_. Omit....
_There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon_ The argument is pushed a step farther. The celestial bodies are not all alike. They differ in beauty and excellency. And so to all eterni...
ἌΛΛΗΙ. The change from ἑτέρα is not without its meaning. The glory of the various celestial bodies is the same in kind but different in degree. The glory of heavenly and earthly bodies is different in...
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...
ΉΛΙΟΣ (G2246) солнце, ΣΕΛΉΝΗ (G4582) луна, ΆΣΤΉΡ (G792) звезда. Отсутствие артикля означает, что имеется в виду свойство класса, а не отдельный объект (BD, 132). ΓΆΡ (G1063) да, и... (Barrett), ΔΙ...
THERE IS ONE GLORY OF THE SUN, &C.— Some would connect these two verses in the following manner: _There is one glory of the sun,_ &c.—_For one star differeth from another star,_ 1 Corinthians 15:42. _...
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...
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...
All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds. Suitability of bodies, however various to their species: th...
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...
_(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...
_One_ STAR DIFFERETH] The primary meaning is the literal one. Some stars are brighter than others. There are great differences between things of the same class; so also between the natural and the spi...
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 ONE STAR... — Better, _for star differeth from star in glory._ It is not only that the heavenly bodies differ from earthly, but they differ from each other — sun from moon, moon from stars. And th...
CHAPTER 24 THE SPIRITUAL BODY THE proofs of the Resurrection which Paul has adduced are satisfactory. So long as they are clearly before the mind, we find it possible to believe in that great experie...
Even amongst the σωματα ἐπουράνια there are varieties, just as amongst the ἐπίγεια (1 Corinthians 15:39), such as are indicated by the diff [2518] of aspect in the visible celestial objects: “There is...
1 Corinthians 15:35-42 _a_. § 54. THE MANNER OF THE RESURRECTION. We enter on the second part of the Apostle's argument touching the Resurrection: see the analysis, _Introd_. to Div. V. He has establi...
THIS BODY THE SEED OF A GLORIOUS ONE 1 Corinthians 15:29 The anticipation of the final resurrection enabled the early Christians to endure incredible sufferings. As one rank fell martyred, another wa...
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...
"How Are The Dead Raised Up?" Though they professed belief in God, the Corinthian brethren wanted to know how he would raise the dead. They also wondered what body would exist in the resurrection. The...
How do the dead rise again? He now answers the objections these new teachers made against the resurrection. St. John Chrysostom reduces them to these two questions: how is it possible for them to rise...
“The glory of the sun is one, and the glory of the moon another, and the glory of the stars another: for star differeth from star in glory.” Even in the case of beings having so great a resemblance in...
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...
(35) But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? (36) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: (37) And that which thou sowest, thou s...
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...
_DEGREES OF CONDITION_ ‘There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory. So also is the resurrection of...
41._There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon _Not only is there a difference between heavenly bodies and earthly, but even the heavenly bodies have not all the same glory; for the...
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...
THERE IS ONE GLORY OF THE SUN,.... Which is the greater light, the fountain of light, and whose glory exceeds that of the other heavenly bodies: AND ANOTHER GLORY OF THE MOON; which is the lesser lig...
_There is_ one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for _one_ star differeth from _another_ star in glory. Ver. 41. _One star differeth, &c._] The morning...
_All flesh_, &c. As if he had said, There is an immense variety in the works of God, even in those which fall under the inspection of our senses, feeble and limited as they are, while we dwell in fles...
ALL FLESH IS NOT THE SAME FLESH-CELESTIAL BODIES, AND BODIES TERRESTRIAL-ONE GLORY OF THE SUN, AND ANOTHER GLORY OF THE MOON; the apostle introduces another argument, drawn from the variety that exist...
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...
THERE IS ONE GLORY OF THE SUN, AND ANOTHER GLORY OF THE MOON, AND ANOTHER GLORY OF THE STARS; FOR ONE STAR DIFFERETH FROM ANOTHER STAR IN GLORY. 'for one star differeth from another star in glory' -...
35-50 1. How are the dead raised up? that is, by what means? How can they be raised? 2. As to the bodies which shall rise. Will it be with the like shape, and form, and stature, and members, and qual...
Amongst the celestial bodies there is a great deal of difference with respect to the qualities; one of them is in glory much differing from another, the glory of the moon is not like the glory of the...
There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differeth from another star in glory....
Irenaeus Against Heresies Book II Whence, then, comes the passion of the youngest Aeon, if the light of the Father is that from which all other lights have been formed, and which is by nature impassib...
1 Corinthians 15:41 one G243 glory G1391 sun G2246 G2532 another G243 glory G1391 moon G4582 and G2532
'All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one flesh of men, and another flesh of beasts, and another flesh of birds, and another of fishes. There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial...
1 Corinthians 15:41. THERE IS ONE GLORY OF THE SUN, etc. There is here no reference to the different degrees of glory among the saints in heaven (as some of the Greek fathers thought, and some moderns...
_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...
FOR ONE STAR DIFFERETH FROM ANOTHER STAR IN GLORY (αστηρ γαρ αστερος διαφερε εν δοξη). A beautiful illustration of Paul's point. Αστερος is the ablative case after διαφερε (old verb διαφερω, Latin _...
1 Corinthians 15:41 This is part of St. Paul's great argument for immortality. The reasoning is quite clear. He speaks of the splendour of heavenly things. He has been claiming man's resurrection on...
1 Corinthians 15:39 Pursuing the line of thought indicated in the previous verses with reference to the question "How are the dead raised up?" the Apostle may be supposed to ask, "Is not the question...
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...
THE SUN. Paul shows us the variety in the "heavenly bodies." All of this is proof of a future body so different from our present body that we cannot begin to imagine what it will be like!...
_But some man will say, How are the dead raised up?_ and with what body do they come? HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED UP? I. These words meant, “How can the dead be raised up?” Let us try to find an answer...
_There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon._ DEGRESS OF GLORY IN HEAVEN I. What this means. That as the Lord has displayed His mercy and His love to holiness, by rewarding a short...
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...
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...
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...
_There is one glory of the sun_, &c. Chrysostom, Theodoret, Theophylact, Primasius, Œcumenius, Bede, Augustine (_de_ _Sanct. Virg_. c. 26), Jerome (_contra Jovinian._ lib. ii.), prove from this that n...
_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...
Deuteronomy 4:19; Genesis 1:14; Isaiah 24:23; Job 31:26; Psalms 148:3
Glory [δ ο ξ α]. Lustre; beauty of form and color. "As heaven's high twins, whereof in Tyrian blue The one revolveth, through his course immense Might love his fellow of the damask hue, For like and...
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...
Yea, and the heavenly bodies themselves differ from each other....