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Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Denying the resurrection from the dead, and what the denial involves. Some of these Corinthian Christians denied that there would be a literal resurrection. They understood little or nothing of the idea of the body, of its uses intellectually and morally regarded, and of its partnership with the soul in all that concerned present probation and future reward. What had Grecian philosophy taught them? That the body was the seat of evil. What had Grecian art taught them? To admire the body for... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:20-23

The resurrection of Christ. "But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming." These verses lead us to contemplate the resurrection of Christ as an established fact, as a significant fact, and as an influential... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

Results to be deduced from the fact of Christ's resurrection. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:20-28

resurrection. I. ITS CAUSE . Christ—the second Adam. Through the first Adam, death; through the second Adam, the resurrection from the dead. We see how much depends upon Christ, how much upon his resurrection. Through him we expect to rise; but if he did not rise, how can we rise through him? "But now is Christ risen," and so our prospect is unclouded. He has passed through the grave to make a way for us. He found the bonds of death strong; we shall find them broken. He lives, and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:23

In his own order. The word in classic Greek means "a cohort." Here it must either mean "rank" or be used as in St. Clement ('Ad. Corinthians,' 1:37), in the sense of "order of succession." They that are Christ's. "The dead in Christ" ( 1 Thessalonians 4:16 ). At his coming. The word here used for the second Advent is Parousia, which means literally, presence. It is implied (apparently) both here and in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17 ; Revelation 20:5 , that there shall be an... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:24

The end. That "end of all things," beyond which the vision of Christian eschatology does not look. When he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God. The "kingdom" delivered up is not that of the coequal Godhead, but the mediatorial kingdom. The Divine kingdom "shall have no end" ( Luke 1:33 , etc.), and "shall not pass away" ( Daniel 7:13 ). But the mediatorial kingdom shall end in completion when the redemptive act has achieved its final end. When he shall have put down; rather,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:24-28

Christ resigning his administration. "Then cometh the end," etc. By the "end" here, I presume, is to be meant the redemptive reign of Christ. It means that when Christ, in the exercise of his mediatorial government, has subjugated all the powers of moral evil, he will deliver up his commission to God, who will then be acknowledged as the absolute Ruler of all. The following are some of the truths that the passage suggests:— I. That THE GOVERNMENT OF OUR WORLD IS ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:23

But every man - Everyone, including Christ as well as others.In his own order - In his proper order, rank, place, time. The word τάγμα tagma usually relates to military order or array; to the arrangement of a cohort, or band of troops; to their being properly marshalled with the officers at the head, and every man in His proper place in the ranks. Here it means that there was a proper “order” to be observed in the resurrection of the dead. And the design of the apostle is, probably, to... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:24

Then cometh the end - Then is the end; or then “is” the consummation. It does not mean that the end, or consummation is to “follow” that event; but that this “will” be the ending, the winding up, the consummation of the affairs under the mediatorial reign of Christ. The word “end” (τέλος telos) denotes properly a limit, termination, completion of anything. The proper and obvious meaning of the word here is, that then shall be the end or completion of the work of redemption. That shall have... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:23

1 Corinthians 15:23. But every man Shall be reanimated, raised, and glorified; in his own order Or in his own band, as τω ιδιω ταγματι more properly signifies, denoting a band of soldiers, a cohort, or legion; the word for order being rather ταξις . According to this interpretation, it is here intimated that the righteous will be raised by themselves, and the wicked by themselves; that is, according to the next verse, the righteous are to be raised at Christ’s coming, or are to be first... read more

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