1 Corinthians 15:42-43 NIV

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

The apostle comes now to answer a plausible and principal objection against the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, concerning which observe the proposal of the objection: Some man will say, How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come? 1 Cor. 15:35. The objection is plainly two-fold. How are they raised up? that is, ?By what means? How can they be raised? What power is equal to this effect?? It was an opinion that prevailed much among the heathens, and the Sadducees seem... read more

William Barclay

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

1 Corinthians 15:1-58 is both one of the greatest and one of the most difficult chapters in the New Testament. Not only is it in itself difficult, but it has also given to the creed a phrase which many people have grave difficulty in affirming, for it is from this chapter that we mainly derive the idea of the resurrection of the body. The chapter will be far less difficult if we study it against its background, and even that troublesome phrase will become quite clear and acceptable when we... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead ,.... This will be the case and condition of risen bodies, they will be as different from what they now are, though they will be the same in substance, as a stalk of wheat in its blade and ear, and full corn in the ear, is from the naked grain, when cast into the earth; or as the flesh of men is from the flesh of beasts, fishes, and birds; or as celestial bodies from terrestrial ones; or as the glory of the sun differs from the glory of the moon and... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonour ,.... Its original is dishonourable, it comes, as the Jews often say F23 Pirke Abot, c. 3. sect. 1. , מטפה סרוהה , "from a filthy drop"; its generated brought forth in a manner we are ashamed of; it is conceived in sin, and shapen in iniquity; it is unclean, and born of the flesh: and when born, is in such a condition, as is to the loathing of it; some of its members are less honourable; and so uncomely as always to need a covering; it is subject to various... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:42

So also is the resurrection of the dead - That is, the bodies of the dead, though all immortal, shall possess different degrees of splendor and glory, according to the state of holiness in which their respective souls were found. The rabbins have some crude notions concerning different degrees of glory, which the righteous shall possess in the kingdom of heaven. They make out seven degrees: - "The first of which is possessed by צדיקים tsaddikim , the just, who observe the covenant of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:43

It is sown in dishonor - Being now stripped of all the glory it had as a machine, fearfully and wonderfully made by the hands of God; and also consigned to death and destruction because of sin. This is the most dishonorable circumstance. It is raised in glory - It is raised a glorious body, because immortal, and for ever redeemed from the empire of death. It is sown in weakness - The principles of dissolution, corruption, and decay, have prevailed over it; disease undermined it; and... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:43

Verse 43 43.It is sown in corruption That there may be no doubt remaining, Paul explains himself, by unfolding the difference between their present condition, and that which will be after the resurrection. What connection, then, would there be in his discourse, if he had intended in the first instance (107) to distinguish between the different degrees of future glory among the saints? There can, therefore, be no doubt, that he has been, up to this point, following out one subject. He now... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently beautiful and important. No human words ever written have brought such comfort to millions of mourners as the words of this chapter, which form a part of the Burial Service of almost every Christian community. It is the more deeply imprinted on the memory of men because it comes to us in the most solemn hours of bereavement, when we have... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The exposition and defence of the resurrection. This chapter stands, as it were, by itself in the Epistle, and indeed in the Scripture. The Gospels relate the fact of our Saviour's rising from the dead; but St. Paul in this passage, remarkable alike for closeness of reasoning, for fervent of eloquence, and for elevation of spiritual treatment, writes as the theologian of the resurrection. In opposition to false teachers who had arisen in the Corinthian Church, the apostle maintains the... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-44

The resurrection body. "With what body do they come?" The question which Paul puts into the mouth of the ancient sceptic assumes the fact of a general resurrection of mankind. And why should we not assume this fact? "Why should it be thought a thing incredible with you that God should raise the dead?" Incredible! Has not he who has engaged to do it all sufficient power? Scepticism parades the difficulties connected with the work of the resurrection. Let them be a million times more than... read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-50

William Barclay's Daily Study Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:42

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:43

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:42

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:43

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:43

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

The Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-44

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