1 Corinthians 15:56-58 NIV

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 15:56

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 15:56

The sting of death is sin - The apostle explains himself particularly here: death could not have entered into the world if sin had not entered first; it was sin that not only introduced death, but has armed him with all his destroying force; the goad or dagger of death is sin; by this both body and soul are slain. The strength of sin is the law - The law of God forbids all transgression, and sentences those who commit it to temporal and eternal death. Sin has its controlling and binding... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God - What the law could not do, because it is law, (and law cannot provide pardon), is done by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: he has died to slay death; he has risen again to bring mankind from under the empire of hades. All this he has done through his mere unmerited mercy; and eternal thanks are due to God for this unspeakable gift. He has given us the victory over sin, Satan, death, the grave, and hell. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:58

Be ye steadfast - Ἑδραιοι , from ἑδρα , a seat; be settled; confide in the truth of this doctrine of the resurrection, and every thing that pertains to it, as confidently as a man sits down on a Seat, which he knows to be solid, firm, and safe; and on which he has often sat. Unmovable - Αμετακινητοι , from α , negative, and μετακινεω , to move away; let nothing shake your faith; let nothing move you away from this hope of the Gospel which is given unto you. What I tell you I... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:56

Verse 56 56.The sting of death is sin In other words, “Death has no dart with which to wound us except sin, since death proceeds from the anger of God. Now it is only with our sins that God is angry. Take away sin, therefore, and death will no more be able to harm us.” This agrees with what he said in Romans 6:23, that the wages of sin is death. Here, however, he makes use of another metaphor, for he compared sin to a sting, with which alone death is armed for inflicting upon us a deadly wound.... read more

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

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

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

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

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

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:56

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:57

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:58

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:56

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