1 Corinthians 15:58 KJV

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 15:58

(58) Therefore.—Because all this is so—because there is a life hereafter—let this life here be worthy of it. You might grow weak and faint-hearted if you could think that all your work for God and truth here might be wasted; but it is not so. It cannot be “in vain if it be “in the Lord.” It is very striking and very expressive of the real spirit of the gospel that a chapter which leads us step by step through the calm process of logic, and through glowing passages of resistless eloquence to the... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

What Is the Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1 I. A Gospel of Mercy. It is a Gospel of mercy. There are three points about it. (a) Its efficacy. 'The Gospel which ye have received, and wherein ye stand.' The first Christians received this great message of God's truth as coming not from man. It was not St Paul's Gospel; he merely handed it on. It could not be improved by his own witness. This message the people received, and on the strength and truth of this message they stood. So the Christian today... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

III. RESURRECTION AND THE HOPE OF THE CHURCH AND CONCLUSION: CHAPTERS 15-16 1. Resurrection and the Hope of the Church. CHAPTER 15 1. The Gospel and the Resurrection of Christ. (1 Corinthians 15:1-11 .) 2. If Christ were not raised--then what? (1 Corinthians 15:12-19 .) 3. Christ the Firstfruits and what follows. (1 Corinthians 15:20-28 .) 4. Further practical arguments about Resurrection. (1 Corinthians 15:29-34 .) 5. Concerning the Resurrection of the Body. (1 Corinthians 15:35-49 .)... read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:58

15:58 {30} Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the {f} Lord.(30) An exhortation taken from the profit that ensues, that seeing they understand that the glory of the other life is laid up for faithful workmen, they continue and stand fast in the truth of the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead.(f) Through the Lord’s help and goodness working in us. read more

L.M. Grant

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

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 the very basis of the existence of the Church of God. So the reality of His resurrection is first considered, then its significance as connected with the resurrection of believers, proving beyond doubt that the first is the pattern and assurance of the second. Paul had preached to them the... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

RESURRECTION OF THE DEAD They were not only questions of casuistry that disturbed this church, but deeper ones especially that of the resurrection of the dead. We may gather the real nature of this difficulty by the manner of Paul’s treatment of it. He dwells on the fact of Christ’s resurrection (1 Corinthians 15:1-11 ), in which he furnished incidentally a definition of the Gospel he preached. This consists of just three counts, Christ died for our sins, was buried, and rose again. The... read more

Joseph Parker

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The Resurrection of Christ 1 Corinthians 15:0 There is no need of any other creed than that which is to be found within the four corners of this chapter. It would be easy to show that all Christian history, all Christian thought, all Christian doctrine, may be found in these fifty-eight verses. We have the Old Testament; we have the revelation of Christ, and the work of Christ in every aspect; we have the counteraction of the old Adamic failure: we have the rule and kingship of the Son of God;... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

. 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. Reader! You and I find unceasing cause to bless God for Paul's ministry. Where, and when, the Lord taught him this, whether when caught up to the third heaven, or in any of the other visions he was favored with, is not so material for us to know, as to have received his testimony, as the Lord... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:58

REFLECTIONS On! thou that art the resurrection and the life! Hail! thou glorious Almighty Lord Jesus! Thou hast indeed declared thyself to be the Son of God, with power, according to the Spirit of holiness, by thy resurrection from the dead. And thou hast thereby shewn to the fullest demonstration, that in thy life thy people live, and by thy resurrection theirs also is secured, thyself becoming the first fruits of them that slept. Praises to thy great and glorious name! Sin is now pardoned.... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

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 bear his risen saints. Therefore let us seek the full assurance of faith and hope, that in the midst of pain, and in the prospect of death, we may think calmly on the horrors of the tomb; assured that our bodies will there sleep, and in the mean time our souls will be present with the Redeemer. Sin... read more

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 15:58

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:58

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The People's Bible by Joseph Parker - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:58

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

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