1 CORINTHIANS CHAPTER 1 CORINTHIANS 15:1-28: _ OUTLINE AND COMMENTARY-MARK DUNAGAN_ I. OUTLINE OF CHAPTER 15: I. The Gospel That Paul Preached: 1 Corinthians 15:1 II. Resurrection Appearances: 1 Corinthians 15:5-11 III. The Consequences Of. No Resurrection Doctrine: 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 IV.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW. MAKE KNOWN UNTO YOU BRETHREN, THE GOSPEL WHICH. PREACHED UNTO YOU, WHICH ALSO YE RECEIVED, WHEREIN ALSO YE STAND, 'Now. make known unto you' -'Now let me remind you' (Wms) 'Reproachfully, as having to declare the Gospel anew.' (Vincent p. 273) (Hebrews 5:12) 'Paul writes, with. touch of blame... [ Continue Reading ]
BY WHICH ALSO YE ARE SAVED, IF YE HOLD FAST THE WORD WHICH. PREACHED UNTO YOU, EXCEPT YE BELIEVED IN VAIN. 'by which also ye are saved' -The gospel is our link with the salvation obtained by Christ. (Romans 1:16; Romans 10:11; 1 Peter 1:23; Acts 11:14 'and he shall speak words to you by which you... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR. DELIVERED UNTO YOU FIRST OF ALL THAT WHICH ALSO. RECEIVED: THAT CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES; 'For' -Paul now explains in more detail, the gospel that he preached. 'I DELIVERED UNTO YOU' -as. faithful steward. (1 Corinthians 4:1) 'FIRST OF ALL' -'as of first importan... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT HE WAS BURIED; AND THAT HE HATH BEEN RAISED ON THE THIRD DAY ACCORDING TO THE SCRIPTURES; 'was buried' -Another historical fact. This phrase points to the reality of Jesus' death. He didn't swoon upon the cross, He died! And as proof of that, they actually placed Him in. tomb. Even the en... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT HE APPEARED TO CEPHAS; THEN TO THE TWELVE; 'he appeared' -'Paul's point seems emphatic. The resurrection of Jesus from the dead was not. form of "spiritual" existence. Just as he was truly dead and buried, so he was truly raised from the dead bodily.' (Fee p. 728) 'What Paul delivered to... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN HE APPEARED TO ABOVE FIVE HUNDRED BRETHREN AT ONCE, OF WHOM THE GREATER PART REMAIN UNTIL NOW, BUT SOME ARE FALLEN ASLEEP; 'then' -'refers to. sequence of events placed in chronological order.' (Willis p. 530) 'ABOVE FIVE HUNDRED BRETHREN AT ONCE'. Matthew 28:7. (Mark 14:28) 'AT ONCE' -'at... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN HE APPEARED TO JAMES; THEN TO ALL THE APOSTLES; 'James' -most believe this James is the Lord's brother, also mentioned in 1 Corinthians 9:5. We have no record of Christ's appearance to him in the gospels. And yet, such an appearance would explain his change of heart. During His earthly ministr... [ Continue Reading ]
AND LAST OF ALL, AS TO THE CHILD UNTIMELY BORN, HE APPEARED TO ME ALSO. 'last of all' -'it is the final link in the chain that began with Peter and means "finally". (Fee p. 732) 'CHILD UNTIMELY BORN' -'to one untimely born.' (NASV) 'Lit., as to the miscarriage.' (Robertson p. 188) 'the word liter... [ Continue Reading ]
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 he had less authority than the other apostles. (2 Corinthians 11:5; Galatians 2:6) 'But he does rec... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT BY THE GRACE OF GOD. AM WHAT. AM: AND HIS GRACE WHICH WAS BESTOWED UPON ME WAS NOT FOUND VAIN; BUT. LABORED MORE ABUNDANTLY THAN THEY ALL: YET NOT I, BUT THE GRACE OF GOD WHICH WAS WITH ME. 'But by the grace of God. am what. am' -despite his past, God had graciously called him. (Acts 9:13) The... [ Continue Reading ]
WHETHER THEN IT BE. OR THEY, SO WE PREACH, AND SO YE BELIEVED. 'I or they' -Paul, or the other Apostles. 'No matter which of these competent witnesses the Corinthians examine, no matter to which of these notable heralds they listen, they will always hear the identical testimony and proclamation.'... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW IF CHRIST IS PREACHED THAT HE HATH BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, HOW SAY SOME AMONG YOU THAT THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD? 'Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead' -The point that he has just conclusively proven. 'No fact could be better attested, none more reaso... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT IF THERE IS NO RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD, NEITHER HATH CHRIST BEEN RAISED: 'neither hath Christ been raised' _ Point to Note:_ In the mind of God, both resurrections stand or fall together. One cannot say, 'there is no resurrection of the dead', if one PROOF TO THE CONTRARY EXISTS, i.e. Chris... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF CHRIST HATH NOT BEEN RAISED, THEN IS OUR PREACHING VAIN, YOUR FAITH ALSO IS VAIN. 'then is our preaching vain' -'without any basis, without truth' (Willis p. 540) 'Empty' (Robertson p. 189); 'there is nothing in our message.' (Gspd) Seeing that the resurrection of Christ is the very heart a... [ Continue Reading ]
YEA, WE ARE FOUND FALSE WITNESSES OF GOD; BECAUSE WE WITNESSED OF GOD THAT HE RAISED UP CHRIST: WHOM HE RAISED NOT UP, IF SO BE THAT THE DEAD ARE NOT RAISED. 'Yea' -'More than that' (Mon) 'WE ARE FOUND FALSE WITNESSES OF GOD' -'we are found guilty of misrepresenting God' (Gspd) 'False witnesses,... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR IF THE DEAD ARE NOT RAISED, NEITHER HATH CHRIST BEEN RAISED:... [ Continue Reading ]
AND IF CHRIST HATH NOT BEEN RAISED, YOUR FAITH IS VAIN; YE ARE YET IN YOUR SINS. 'vain' -'not merely in the former sense (1 Corinthians 15:14) of being emptied of its content, but in the sense of its being futile, ineffectual.' (Erdman p. 158) 'Fruitless' (Vincent p. 275) 'Useless, idle, it gets y... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN THEY ALSO THAT ARE FALLEN ASLEEP IN CHRIST HAVE PERISHED. 'fallen asleep in Christ' -i.e. deceased Christians. 'HAVE PERISHED' -Since no true forgiveness of sins was actually obtained, all dead Christians, are lost Christians. 'Whatever doctrine constrained them to regard their beloved asso... [ Continue Reading ]
IF WE HAVE ONLY HOPED IN CHRIST IN THIS LIFE, WE ARE OF ALL MEN MOST PITIABLE. 'we' -Paul, the other Apostles, AND THE CORINTHIANS! 'ONLY HOPED IN CHRIST' -'if our hope in Christ were limited to this life only' (Phi); 'And if our hopes in Christ applied only to this life' (Nor) 'If this is all th... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT NOW HATH CHRIST BEEN RAISED FROM THE DEAD, THE FIRSTFRUITS OF THEM THAT ARE ASLEEP. 'But now hath Christ been raised from the dead' -THANK GOD FOR THAT! 'But of the many wonderous significances of the resurrection, Paul chooses. particular one here. He speaks of Christ's resurrection in relat... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR SINCE BY MAN CAME DEATH, BY MAN CAME ALSO THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. 'For' -The death of Jesus alluded to in the previous verse, reminds us of His humanity or identification with us. Paul maybe saying in this verse, that just as death entered because of man, it was only appropriate that the... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR AS IN ADAM ALL DIE, SO ALSO IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE. 'For as in Adam all die' -Every person who partakes of the same nature as Adam, i.e. human, mortal, dies. Note: Paul believed that Adam was. historical person. 'IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE' -Jesus had made possible the resu... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT EACH IN HIS OWN ORDER: CHRIST THE FIRSTFRUITS; THEN THEY THAT ARE CHRIST'S, AT HIS COMING. 'But each in his own order' -'order, turn, arrangement' (Willis p. 550) The Corinthians may have written Paul with some questions about the "order" of the resurrection. Some may have been under the mist... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN COMETH THE END, WHEN HE SHALL DELIVER UP THE KINGDOM TO GOD, EVEN THE FATHER; WHEN HE SHALL HAVE ABOLISHED ALL RULE AND ALL AUTHORITY AND POWER. 'Then cometh the end' -'next after that' (F.F. Bruce p. 146) 'Marks the next event after the second coming.' (Willis p. 550) _ Point to Note:_ Othe... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR HE MUST REIGN, TILL HE HATH PUT ALL HIS ENEMIES UNDER HIS FEET. 'For he must reign' -Jesus was reigning in the First Century. (Acts 2:36; Ephesians 1:21; 1 Peter 3:22) 'ALL HIS ENEMIES UNDER HIS FEET' -Even the O.T. taught, that the Messiah would rule, not during. period of Utopian peace, but... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LAST ENEMY THAT SHALL BE ABOLISHED IS DEATH. 'abolished' -2673. katargeo kat-arg-eh'-o; from 2596 and 691; to be (render) entirely idle (useless), literally or figuratively: -abolish, cease, cumber, deliver, destroy, do away, become (make) of no (none, without) effect, fail, loose, bring (come... [ Continue Reading ]
FOR, HE PUT ALL THINGS IN SUBJECTION UNDER HIS FEET. BUT WHEN HE SAITH, ALL THINGS ARE PUT IN SUBJECTION, IT IS EVIDENT THAT HE IS EXCEPTED WHO DID SUBJECT ALL THINGS UNTO HIM. 'He put' -The Father placed all things in subjection under Christ's feet. (Matthew 28:18; Ephesians 1:21) The idea here i... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHEN ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN SUBJECTED UNTO HIM, THEN SHALL THE SON ALSO HIMSELF BE SUBJECTED TO HIM THAT DID SUBJECT ALL THINGS UNTO HIM, THAT GOD MAY BE ALL IN ALL. 'Son also himself be subjected to him' -this doesn't mean that the Son is inferior to the Father, or that He isn't Divine. (John 5:... [ Continue Reading ]
ELSE WHAT SHALL THEY DO THAT ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD? IF THE DEAD ARE NOT RAISED AT ALL, WHY THEN ARE THEY BAPTIZED FOR THEM? 'Else' -'Otherwise' (NASV); 'if all that is stated in the preceding is not fact.' (Lenski p. 688) 'THAT ARE BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD?' As you can well imagine. multitude o... [ Continue Reading ]
WHY DO WE ALSO STAND IN JEOPARDY EVERY HOUR? 'Why do we' -Paul and his companions. 'STAND IN JEOPARDY EVERY HOUR? -'in danger every hour' (NASV); 'Why do. put my life to hazard every hour' (Con); 'Why also do we apostles take such risks every hour' (Wey) (1 Corinthians 4:9; 2 Corinthians 4:8; 2 C... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS 15:31. PROTEST BY THAT GLORIFYING IN YOU, BRETHREN, WHICH. HAVE IN CHRIST JESUS OUR LORD,. DIE DAILY. 'I protest' -'I swear by..Literally it reads "I swear by your boasting."' (Fee p. 769) 'I swear it' (TCNT); 'I swear it by my pride in your, my brothers--for in Christ Jesus our Lord... [ Continue Reading ]
IF AFTER THE MANNER OF MEN. FOUGHT WITH BEASTS AT EPHESUS, WHAT DOTH IT PROFIT ME? IF THE DEAD ARE NOT RAISED, LET US EAT AND DRINK, FOR TO-MORROW WE DIE. 'after the manner of men' -'to use the popular expression' (Phi); 'If with only human hopes' (TCNT). 'If there were no future rewards, no bless... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT DECEIVED: EVIL COMPANIONSHIPS CORRUPT GOOD MORALS. 'Be not deceived' -'Do not go on being deceived! Deception runs its course; do not be persuaded to enter on or to continue in this course.' (Lenski p. 698) (1 Corinthians 6:9) 'EVIL COMPANIONSHIPS' -'Bad company' (NASV) 'CORRUPT GOOD MORA... [ Continue Reading ]
AWAKE TO SOBERNESS RIGHTEOUSLY, AND SIN NOT; FOR SOME HAVE NO KNOWLEDGE OF GOD:. SPEAK THIS TO MOVE YOU TO SHAME. 'Awake to soberness righteously' -'Become sober-minded as you ought' (NASV); 'Come to your senses' (Nor) 'It means to awake from. drunken stupor' (Vincent p. 279) 'Shake off, therefore... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT SOME ONE WILL SAY, HOW ARE THE DEAD RAISED? AND WITH WHAT MANNER OF BODY DO THEY COME? 'How are the dead raised?' -'may not deal with the mechanics of the resurrection..That's possible but it's more likely that the last half of the verse explains what the first part has in mind. If they'd been... [ Continue Reading ]
THOU FOOLISH ONE, THAT WHICH THOU THYSELF SOWEST IS NOT QUICKENED EXCEPT IT DIE: 'Thou foolish one' -'Skeptics (agnostics) pose as unusually intellectual..but pose does not make one intelligent.' (Robertson p. 195) 'Not only was the spirit bad, the reasoning was terrible.' (McGuiggan p. 200) 'Do... [ Continue Reading ]
AND THAT WHICH THOU SOWEST, THOU SOWEST NOT THE BODY THAT SHALL BE, BUT. BARE GRAIN, IT MAY CHANCE OF WHEAT, OR OF SOME OTHER KIND; 'thou sowest not the body that shall be' -'Paul calls the man who thus puzzles himself. foolish one, because he denies that the all-powerful God can do with. human bo... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT GOD GIVETH IT. BODY EVEN AS IT PLEASED HIM, AND TO EACH SEED. BODY OF ITS OWN. _ Points to Note:_ 1. Some of the very ones who were denying the resurrection, were farmers, who saw. resurrection very spring. Just because they planted. seed into the ground, didn't demand that the plant which sp... [ Continue Reading ]
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. The same ingenuity that God has manifested in the plant realm (1 Corinthians 15:38); it also demonstrated in the animal kingdom. God has designed "bodies... [ Continue Reading ]
THERE ARE ALSO CELESTIAL BODIES, AND BODIES TERRESTRIAL: BUT THE GLORY OF THE CELESTIAL IS ONE, AND THE GLORY OF THE TERRESTRIAL IS ANOTHER. 'celestial bodies' -2032. epouranios ep-oo-ran'-ee-os; from 1909 and 3772; above the sky: -celestial, (in) heaven(-ly), high. 'TERRESTRIAL' -1919. epigeios... [ Continue Reading ]
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' -'in brightness' (NEB); 'in brilliancy' (Ber). 'Stars differ in magnitude and brilliancy. The telesco... [ Continue Reading ]
SO ALSO IS THE RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD. IT IS SOWN IN CORRUPTION; IT IS RAISED IN INCORRUPTION: 'So also is the resurrection of the dead' -'We who see all of this variety in the creatures which God called into being and placed before our eyes ought to have no difficultly as to the form and the ch... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS SOWN IN DISHONOR; IT IS RAISED IN GLORY: IT IS SOWN IN WEAKNESS; IT IS RAISED IN POWER: 'sown in dishonor' -'buried because it is repulsive and will become offensive- John 11:39. (McGarvey p. 157) 'We, indeed, try to honor the dead whom we bury by clothing them in their best, giving them. fi... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS SOWN. NATURAL BODY; IT IS RAISED. SPIRITUAL BODY. IF THERE IS. NATURAL BODY, THERE IS ALSO. SPIRITUAL BODY. 'natural body' -'A natural body tells you where it is made for. It is suited for life here..Neither of these two adjectives ("natural", "spiritual") tell us of the substantial nature o... [ Continue Reading ]
SO ALSO IT IS WRITTEN, THE FIRST MAN ADAM BECAME. LIVING SOUL. THE LAST ADAM BECAME. LIFE-GIVING SPIRIT. 'So also it is written'. Genesis 2:7 'THE FIRST MAN ADAM' -Paul doesn't hold the view that. pre-Adamitic race of men lived on the earth and were destroyed prior to Adam. Paul did believe that... [ Continue Reading ]
HOWBEIT THAT IS NOT FIRST WHICH IS SPIRITUAL, BUT THAT WHICH IS NATURAL; THEN THAT WHICH IS SPIRITUAL. 'Any ideas which speculate that the spirit of man existed prior to his body must come to grips with this verse. This verse clearly teaches that the first existence of man is his physical existence... [ Continue Reading ]
THE FIRST MAN IS OF THE EARTH, EARTHY: THE SECOND MAN IS OF HEAVEN. 'is of the earth' -'Man the first is from the earth, material' (Mof). Adam's body originated from the dust. (Genesis 2:7; Ecclesiastes 2:7) 'EARTHY' -5517. choikos kho-ik-os'; from 5522; dusty or dirty (soil-like), i.e. (by impli... [ Continue Reading ]
AS IS THE EARTHY, SUCH ARE THEY ALSO THAT ARE EARTHY: AND AS IS THE HEAVENLY, SUCH ARE THEY ALSO THAT ARE HEAVENLY.... [ Continue Reading ]
AND AS WE HAVE BORNE THE IMAGE OF THE EARTHY, WE SHALL ALSO BEAR THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY. 'borne the image of the earthy' -'and as we have reflected the likeness of him who was made of dust' (Wms) 'WE SHALL ALSO BEAR THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY' -i.e. we shall be resurrected in. body "like" the o... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW THIS. SAY, BRETHREN, THAT FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT THE KINGDOM OF GOD; NEITHER DOTH CORRUPTION INHERIT INCORRUPTION. Paul now consider's another possible objection to the resurrection, 'What will happen to those who are alive when Christ comes?' 'How can they be resurrected, seeing that t... [ Continue Reading ]
BEHOLD,. TELL YOU. MYSTERY: WE ALL SHALL NOT SLEEP, BUT WE SHALL ALL BE CHANGED, 'I tell you. mystery' -'Listen,. will tell you God's hidden purpose!' (TCNT) The word 'mystery' doesn't refer to something that is incomprehensible (what's the use of telling someone something they can't understand?).... [ Continue Reading ]
IN. MOMENT, IN THE TWINKLING OF AN EYE, AT THE LAST TRUMP: FOR THE TRUMPET SHALL SOUND, AND THE DEAD SHALL BE RAISED INCORRUPTIBLE, AND WE SHALL BE CHANGED. 'in. moment' -'something that cannot be cut or divided' (Lenski p. 738) 'an indivisible fragment of time' (F.F. Bruce p. 155) 'TWINKLING OF... [ Continue Reading ]
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 that cannot decay. 'THIS MORTAL' -2349. thnetos thnay-tos'; from 2348; liable to die: -mortal(-ity). T... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT WHEN THIS CORRUPTIBLE SHALL HAVE PUT ON INCORRUPTION, AND THIS MORTAL SHALL HAVE PUT ON IMMORTALITY, THEN SHALL COME TO PASS THE SAYING THAT IS WRITTEN, DEATH IS SWALLOWED UP IN VICTORY. 'then shall come to pass the saying that is written' -'And it's at the time when this corruptible body is t... [ Continue Reading ]
1 CORINTHIANS 15:55. DEATH, WHERE IS THY VICTORY?. DEATH, WHERE IS THY STING? 'O death, where is thy victory?' -(Hosea 2:14) 'And then the taunting song begins.. song which righteous people have wanted to sing for. thousand generations...No more black limousines. No lines of mourners. No weeping p... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STING OF DEATH IS SIN; AND THE POWER OF SIN IS THE LAW: 'The sting of death is sin' -'It is sin which gives death its sting' (Phi) 'Death is the punishment for sin' (Genesis 3:19). 'Paul's point..is that death is not simply the result of decay through normal human processes. Rather, it is the... [ Continue Reading ]
BUT THANKS BE TO GOD, WHO GIVETH US THE VICTORY THROUGH OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST. 'but thanks be to God' -and when was the last time you thanked God for this? 'And while sin was powerful and death was universal, the Lord God was on our side!....We weren't left alone to wrestle with what turned out t... [ Continue Reading ]
WHEREFORE, MY BELOVED BRETHREN, BE YE STEDFAST, UNMOVEABLE, ALWAYS ABOUNDING IN THE WORK OF THE LORD, FORASMUCH AS YE KNOW THAT YOUR LABOR IS NOT VAIN IN THE LORD. 'Wherefore' -the conclusion. 'BE YE STEDFAST' -1476. hedraios hed-rah'-yos; from. derivative of hezomai (to sit); sedentary, i.e. (by... [ Continue Reading ]