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John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the DeadSome Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ’s Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this would soon follow, but in their own future resurrection. This occasioned him to write this grand chapter, which has cheered the hearts of so many mourners, read, as the greater part of it is, at the burial of the dead. He first (1 Corinthians 15:1-11) repeats the historical evidence for Christ’s... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 15:24-28

(24-28) When he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father.—The Apostle carries on the thought of a triumph which the use of the word “troop” in the previous verse had commenced or suggested. There rises before the prophetic vision of St. Paul the final triumph of Christ over all evil, over all power, and the Son giving up to the Father (not His humanity, which is “for ever and ever”—Luke 1:32-33) the kingdom of this world, which in His humanity He conquered for the Father as... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - 1 Corinthians 15:25

(25) He must reign.—It is a moral consequence. God must triumph, and so the Son must reign and conquer till that triumph be complete. Some suggest that the force of these words is that He must reign, &c., because it has been prophesied (Ps. ex.); but the more obvious truth is that it was prophesied because it is morally necessary. 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

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-34

Chapter 21THE RESURRECTION OF CHRISTI. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREEDPAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the other various difficulties which were distracting the Corinthian Church, turns at last to a matter of prime importance and perennial interest: the resurrection of the body. This great subject he handles not in the abstract, but with a view to the particular attitude and beliefs of the Corinthians. Some of... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Chapter 23CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING RESURRECTIONIN endeavoring to restore among the Corinthians the belief in the resurrection of the body, Paul shows the fundamental place occupied in the Christian creed by the resurrection of Christ, and what attestation His resurrection had received. He further exhibits certain consequences which flow from denial of the Resurrection. These consequences are (1) that if there is no resurrection of the body, then Christ is not risen, and that, therefore, (2) the... 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 15:25

15:25 For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies {k} under his feet.(k) Christ is considered here as he appeared in the form of a servant, in which respect he rules the Church as head, and that because this power was given to him from his Father. read more

John Calvin

Geneva Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:26

15:26 The {l} last enemy [that] shall be destroyed [is] death.(l) The conclusion of the argument, which is taken from the whole to the part: for if all his enemies will be put under his feet, then it will necessarily be that death also will be subdued under him. 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

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