1 Corinthians 15:54-58

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:51-57

To confirm what he had said of this change, I. He here tells them what had been concealed from or unknown to them till then?that all the saints would not die, but all would be changed. Those that are alive at our Lord's coming will be caught up into the clouds, without dying, 1 Thess. 4:11. But it is plain from this passage that it will not be without changing from corruption to incorruption. The frame of their living bodies shall be thus altered, as well as those that are dead; and this in a... read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:58

In this verse we have the improvement of the whole argument, in an exhortation, enforced by a motive resulting plainly from it. I. An exhortation, and this threefold:?1. That they should be stedfast?hedraioi, firm, fixed in the faith of the gospel, that gospel which he had preached and they had received, namely, That Christ died for our sins, and arose again the third day, according to the scriptures (1 Cor. 15:3, 4), and fixed in the faith of the glorious resurrection of the dead, which, as... 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 15:54

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption ,.... As at the coming of Christ, both the bodies of living saints, and of dead ones being raised, will: and this mortal shall have put on immortality ; which will be the case, in the resurrection morn: then shall be brought to pass that saying that is written ; then that passage will have its full accomplishment, which stands in Isaiah 25:8 where it is read, he will swallow up death in victory , or "for ever". That is,... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:55

O death, where is thy sting ?.... These words, with the following clause, are taken out of Hosea 13:14 and that they belong to the times of the Messiah, the ancient Jews acknowledge; and the Chaldee paraphrase interprets them of the Logos, or Word of God, rendering them thus, "my Word shall be among them to kill, and my Word to destroy;' wherefore the apostle is not to be charged with a misapplication of them, nor with a perversion of them, as he is by the Jew F19 R. lsaac Chizzuk... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin ,.... Death has a sting, and which was originally in it, and that is sin; sin is the cause of death, it is what has given rise and being to it; it entered into the world by it, and is supported in its empire through it; it gives it its resistless power, which reaches to all sorts of persons, young and old, rich and poor, high and low, bond and free; it gives it all its bitterness, agonies, and miseries; and it is by that it does all the hurt and mischief it does;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory ,.... Over sin the sting of death, over the law the strength of sin, and over death and the grave; and which will be the ground and foundation of the above triumphant song in the resurrection morn, as it is now at this present time of praise and thankfulness to God: and it is all through our Lord Jesus ; he has got the victory over sin; he has put it away by the sacrifice of himself; he has finished and made an end of it; for though it... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:58

Therefore my beloved brethren ,.... This is the conclusion of the whole, and contains the use the apostle makes of the above doctrine, addressing the saints at Corinth in the most tender and affectionate manner; owning the spiritual relation they stood in to him, and expressing the great love he had for them, which filled him with a concern for them, that they might be both sound in principle, and right in practice, and continue so: be ye steadfast, unmoveable ; in all the doctrines of... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:54

Death is swallowed up in victory - Κατεποθη ὁ θανατος εις νικος . These words are a quotation from Isaiah 25:8 , where the Hebrew is לנצח המות בלע billa hammaveth lanetsach : He (God) hath swallowed up death in victory; or, for ever. These words in the Septuagint are thus translated: κατεπιεν ὁ θανατος ισχυσας· Death having prevailed, or conquered, hath swallowed up. But in the version of Theodotion, the words are the same with those of the apostle. The Hebrew לנצח lanetsach ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:55

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? - Που σου, Θανατε, το κεντρον· που σου, ᾁδη, το νικος· These words are generally supposed to be taken from Hosea 13:14 , where the Hebrew text stands thus: שאול קטבך אהי מות דבריך אהי ehi debareyca maueth ; ehikatabca sheol : which we translate, O death! I will be thy plagues; O grave! I will be thy destruction; and which the Septuagint translate very nearly as the apostle, που ἡ δικη σου, Θαντε; που το κεντρον σον,... read more

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