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Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-11

15:1-58 THE DOCTRINE OF THE RESURRECTIONThe fact of Christ’s resurrection (15:1-11)Among the Corinthians were some who denied that there will be a physical resurrection of the dead. Paul points out in this chapter that the truth of the resurrection is part of the gospel which they believed and by which they are saved (15:1-2).The gospel Paul preaches has been given him by God. It has as its basis the death, burial and resurrection of Jesus Christ (3-4). Paul then gives a list of eye witnesses... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:12-28

A guarantee of final victory (15:12-28)To those who claim there will be no bodily resurrection of the dead, Paul replies that if this is true it means that Christ has not been raised. In that case the gospel he preaches is not true and the believer’s faith is without foundation (12-14). Furthermore, it means that the preachers of the gospel have misled their hearers. For if Christ has not been raised from the dead, he is certainly not the victorious Saviour. He has not conquered sin; sin has... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:10

grace . App-184 . which, &c . = Figure of speech Ellipsis. App-6 . upon . App-104 . was not = did not become, i.e. prove to be. in vain . Greek. kenos, empty. Not the same word as in verses: 1Co 15:2 , 1 Corinthians 15:17 . with . App-104 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:12

from the dead . Greek. ek nekron. App-139 . among . App-104 . resurrection . Greek. anastasis. App-178 . the dead . No art. App-139 . read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:10

But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not found vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me.Despite the deep humility expressed in 1 Corinthians 15:9, Paul nevertheless did not depreciate the glory and dignity of his calling. "The whole verse is a maintenance of official dignity as an apostle."[17]More abundantly than they all ... Paul's labors were the most extensive of any of the apostles,... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:11

Whether then it be I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.The gospel Paul preached was one and the same as that preached by all the others, the point here being that it made no difference whether from himself or others the message had been received. It was one message only, with the same result of salvation no matter who preached it.We preach ... There are two words in the New Testament for preaching. This one means "We proclaim, or herald."[18] The other is "prophesy" and refers to... read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:12

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?The certainty of Christ's resurrection was so solidly embedded in the convictions of the apostolic church that Paul made it to be here an argument proving the resurrection generally of all the dead, a hope stubbornly denied by the Greek philosophers (Acts 17:32). As Hodge declared, this verse proves that some of the Corinthians were denying the general resurrection... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:10

1 Corinthians 15:10. Was not in vain.— Instead of was not in vain, &c. some render the passage has not been in vain; for I have laboured. read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:12

1 Corinthians 15:12. How say some among you? &c.— This may well be understood of the head of the contrary faction, and some of his disciples. First, because St. Paul introduces this confutation by asserting his mission, which these his opposers would bring in question. Secondly, because he is so careful to let the Corinthians see that he maintains not the doctrine of the resurrection in opposition to these their new leaders, it being the doctrine which he had preached to them at their first... read more

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