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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

1 Corinthians 15:12-19Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection? If there be no resurrection1. Our religion is not based upon opinions, but upon facts. Whatever your “views” may be, is a small matter; what are the facts of the case?2. When those outside the Church deny the gospel facts, we are not at all astonished; they are unbelievers, and they are acting out their own profession. But when men inside the Church deny the... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:19

1 Corinthians 15:19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.Observe I. What is implied.1. That all men are miserable.2. In different degrees, but are comforted by hope.II. What is assumed.1. That our hope in Christ is false.2. That it only extends to this life.III. What is hypothetically asserted. That in such a case we are subject to greater--1. Delusion.2. Sacrifice.3. Disappointment.4. Sense of destitution.IV. What is the fact.1. We are not most... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:19

19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Ver. 19. Most miserable ] Because none out of hell ever suffered more than the saints have done. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 15:19

this: Psalms 17:14, Ecclesiastes 6:11, Ecclesiastes 9:9, Luke 8:14, Luke 21:34, 1 Corinthians 6:3, 1 Corinthians 6:4, 2 Timothy 2:4 hope: Ephesians 1:12, Ephesians 1:13, 1 Thessalonians 1:3, 2 Timothy 1:12, 1 Peter 1:21 of all: 1 Corinthians 4:9-1 Chronicles :, Matthew 10:21-Lamentations :, Matthew 24:9, John 16:2, John 16:33, Acts 14:22, 2 Timothy 3:12, Revelation 14:13 Reciprocal: Ecclesiastes 2:20 - General Romans 15:12 - in him Colossians 1:5 - the hope 1 Thessalonians 4:13 - which have read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:19

If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.If in this life only we have hope — If we look for nothing beyond the grave. But if we have a divine evidence of things not seen, if we have "a hope full of immortality," if we now taste of "the powers of the world to come," and see "the crown that fadeth not away," then, notwithstanding" all our present trials, we are more happy than all men. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:16-19

16-19. Paul now commences a new series of ifs, supposing Christ not risen, and ending with the perdition of the dead saints, and utter misery of the living. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:19

19. In this life The Sadducees, Stoics, and Epicureans held to rewards of virtue in this life. Paul could concede that; but when they proceeded to add in this life only, he objected. Most miserable Rather, most pitiable. They were more pitiable than either of the above three sects, because they underwent persecution, privation, and martyrdom; but still more because, on the supposition stated, they did all this inflated with false visions of eternal glory hereafter. And so pagan... read more

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