I DECLARE UNTO YOU THE GOSPEL; I make once more a statement of the gospel. He says this with especial reference to one of its great foundation doctrines, the resurrection of Christ, and in him, of all his believing people. WHEREIN YE STAND; upon which your church is founded, and upon which all your... [ Continue Reading ]
RECEIVED; by inspiration, and directly from the Lord Jesus Christ. CHRIST DIED FOR OUR SINS; on account of them; as an atoning sacrifice, the just for the unjust. 1 Peter 3:18. THE SCRIPTURES; as foretold of him in the Old Testament. Psalms 22:1-31; ISAIAH 53:1-9; DANIEL 9:24-26; ZECHARIAH 12:10;... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SCRIPTURES; PSALMS 16:10-11; ISAIAH 53:10-12; HOSEA 6:2.... [ Continue Reading ]
CEPHAS; Peter. TWELVE; the apostles.... [ Continue Reading ]
BRETHREN; disciples of Christ. REMAIN; are now alive. ARE FALLEN ASLEEP; are dead.... [ Continue Reading ]
JAMES; supposed to be the James who wrote the epistle, and who was called James the less.... [ Continue Reading ]
OUT OF DUE TIME; as by an untimely birth. A proverbial expression to denote unworthiness.... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT IN VAIN; it was not inoperative; it led me to labor more THAN THEY ALL; than any of the apostles. NOT I; not on account of any thing spiritually good naturally in him. Matthew 10:20.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEY; the other apostles. WE PREACH; the same great truths-Christ crucified for the sins of men, and raised for their justification. Romans 4:25. That Jesus Christ died for the sins of men, and rose again for the justification and salvation of all who believe on him, are fundamental doctrines of th... [ Continue Reading ]
IS NO RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD? no such thing as a resurrection of the dead? The men against whose error the apostle wrote, denied, doubtless on philosophical grounds, the possibility of a resurrection from the dead. He proceeds to show, first, that such a denial involves the denial of Christ's resu... [ Continue Reading ]
VAIN; useless, because not true.... [ Continue Reading ]
YOUR FAITH IS VAIN; it cannot save you. YE ARE YET IN YOUR SINS; unpardoned, because no one can be pardoned except through the atonement and righteousness of Christ, which, if he has not risen from the dead, never has been accepted; and there is no way of salvation, except by one's own works, which... [ Continue Reading ]
FALLEN ASLEEP IN CHRIST; died believing in Christ's resurrection, and expecting to be saved through him. ARE PERISHED; since no salvation has been provided for them, they have died under the curse of God's law, which is the death of the soul.... [ Continue Reading ]
MOST MISERABLE; because we have exposed ourselves to all manner of sufferings and hardships to no purpose, and all our hopes are destined to end in disappointment.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOW IS CHRIST RISEN; the apostle comes now to the triumphant assertion of the fact, the proof of which he has already stated. FIRST - FRUITS; a pledge that all united by faith to Christ would rise again. THEM THAT SLEPT; the pious dead. Elsewhere he affirms the resurrection of both the just and un... [ Continue Reading ]
BY MAN; Adam. BY MAN; Jesus Christ.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN ADAM ALL DIE; all having become sinners through him, as is stated in Romans 5:12; Romans 5:17-19. IN CHRIST SHALL ALL BE MADE ALIVE; he shall raise to life the whole human family, John 5:28-29; but here the apostle has especially in view the resurrection of the righteous.... [ Continue Reading ]
CHRIST THE FIRST - FRUITS; he is the first who rose from the dead to die no more; and his resurrection was a sure pledge that his people at is coming will likewise rise, to live and reign with him for ever. Matthew 25:34; Matthew 25:46; JOHN 14:19.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE END; of the present state of things-the day of judgment. DELIVERED UP THE KINGDOM; that which he received as Mediator, having completed the work for which he received it. PUT DOWN ALL RULE-AUTHORITY-POWER; conquered all enemies.... [ Continue Reading ]
MUST REIGN; as Mediator till then, in order to fulfill the predictions of scripture concerning him. Psalms 2:6-12; Psalms 46:3-7; Psalms 110:1.... [ Continue Reading ]
DEATH; Christ will abolish or destroy this, when, at the general resurrection, he delivers his people from its power.... [ Continue Reading ]
HE SAITH; PSALMS 8:6. HE; God.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE SON-BE SUBJECT; the chief object of his Mediatorship will then have been accomplished.... [ Continue Reading ]
This verse is connected in argument with verse 1 Corinthians 15:19. ELSE; if there is no resurrection, what is the advantage of being baptized and exposed to innumerable dangers, and even to death itself, in hope of one? BAPTIZED FOR THE DEAD; according to some, the meaning is this: Why, when many... [ Continue Reading ]
AND WHY; do we who have professed this continue, without wavering, to brave cheerfully all its dangers?... [ Continue Reading ]
I PROTEST; solemnly affirm. I DIE DAILY; am daily exposed to death, on account of my attachment to Christ as a crucified and risen Saviour.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOUGHT WITH BEASTS; exposed myself to instant and violent death. LET US EAT AND DRINK; if there is no resurrection to eternal life, let us avoid all the pain and enjoy all the pleasures we can now, according to the maximum of those who live only for the present world.... [ Continue Reading ]
BE NOT DECEIVED; by the false opinions and reasoning of wicked men. EVIL COMMUNICATIONS; familiar canversation with the wicked in corrupting. This was a sentiment expressed by Menander, a Greek poet, whom Paul quoted.... [ Continue Reading ]
AWAKE TO RIGHTEOUSNESS; the original is very strong: Awake out of your intoxication, namely, with sin and error. Let the certainty of retribution arouse you to duty, and restrain you from sin; for SOME among you have not that knowledge of God which leads them to believe and obey him. TO YOUR SHAME;... [ Continue Reading ]
SOME MAN; who, because he cannot understand the manner in which men will be raised, or with what bodies, concludes there will be no resurrection.... [ Continue Reading ]
FOOL; measuring your faith by your ignorance, and because you cannot understand the manner, rejecting the fact; when there is nothing more unaccountable in the case of the resurrection-body, than there is in the quickening of a seed sown, through its death, into a new body. QUICKENED; made to live... [ Continue Reading ]
BARE GRAIN; a naked kernel of grain.... [ Continue Reading ]
GIVETH IT; the seed sown. TO EVERY SEED HIS OWN BODY; so that each grain preserves its identity, wheat producing wheat, and barley, barley. In this illustration three things are to be noticed: first, the seed sown is not quickened into a new plant except it die, that is, be itself dissolved and per... [ Continue Reading ]
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 exists by the power of God among natural bodies, to show how easily he may cause the bodies raised to dif... [ Continue Reading ]
Many things take place, the manner of which men cannot understand; and for them to disbelieve what God has declared, because they cannot understand the manner in which it will be accomplished, is great folly.... [ Continue Reading ]
IN POWER; strong, and not subject to disease or death.... [ Continue Reading ]
A NATURAL BODY-A SPIRITUAL BODY; in the original Greek the word rendered "natural" is the adjective corresponding to the word rendered "soul" in verse 1 Corinthians 15:45. In order better to understand the force of the quotation in that verse, we might render the present thus: It is sown a soul-body... [ Continue Reading ]
IT IS WRITTEN; GENESIS 2:7. The quotation extends only to the first clause of the verse. THE FIRST MAN ADAM; whose nature we all inherit. WAS MADE A LIVING SOUL; see note to verse 1 Corinthians 15:44. THE LAST ADAM; Christ; to the nature of whose heavenly body our spiritual bodies will be made li... [ Continue Reading ]
THE LORD FROM HEAVEN; ISAIAH 9:6-7; MALACHI 3:1; JOHN 17:5; 2 CORINTHIANS 8:9; PHILIPPIANS 2:6. He is therefore not earthly, but heavenly in his nature.... [ Continue Reading ]
SUCH ARE THEY ALSO THAT ARE EARTHY; descendants of Adam, and naturally like him in body and soul. THAT ARE HEAVENLY; friends of Christ, like him in body and spirit. Philippians 3:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE IMAGE OF THE HEAVENLY; in both soul and body. Romans 8:29; 1 John 3:2; PHILIPPIANS 3:21.... [ Continue Reading ]
FLESH AND BLOOD CANNOT INHERIT; our bodies must undergo a change, such as is effected in the resurrection, in order to fit them to live in heaven.... [ Continue Reading ]
NOT ALL SLEEP; Christians who shall be living at the end of the world will not die, but will experience a change similar to that which those who have died will experience in the resurrection, that they may be spiritual, incorruptible, and immortal.... [ Continue Reading ]
THEN; when the dead have been raised, and the living so changed as to fit them to live and reign with Christ. THE SAYING; shall be fulfilled that is written in Isaiah 25:8.... [ Continue Reading ]
THY STING; that by which thou didst terrify men. Hosea 13:14. THY VICTORY; by which thou didst hold men as vanquished.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE STING OF DEATH; that which makes death terrible, is sin. Romans 4:15; Romans 6:23.... [ Continue Reading ]
THE VICTORY; over sin, death, and every foe. Romans 7:25; Romans 8:1; Romans 8:37.... [ Continue Reading ]
STEADFAST; in the faith and practice of the gospel, in habitual lively confidence of the resurrection, the day of judgment, and the retributions of eternity. UNMOVABLE; not discouraged by opposition or difficulties; not led even to doubt about the complete fulfilment of all which God has declared.... [ Continue Reading ]