"Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And...he was buried, and...he rose again the third day according to the scriptures" 1 Corinthians 15:3-4

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1 Corinthians 15

Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve: After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep. After that, he was seen of James; then of all the apostles. And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.
For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am: and his grace which was bestowed upon me was not in vain; but I laboured more abundantly than they all: yet not I, but the grace of God which was with me. Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed.

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death. For he hath put all things under his feet. But when he saith all things are put under him, it is manifest that he is excepted, which did put all things under him. And when all things shall be subdued unto him, then shall the Son also himself be subject unto him that put all things under him, that God may be all in all.
Else what shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all? why are they then baptized for the dead? And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. If after the manner of men I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantageth it me, if the dead rise not? let us eat and drink; for to morrow we die.

Be not deceived: evil communications corrupt good manners. Awake to righteousness, and sin not; for some have not the knowledge of God: I speak this to your shame.

But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body.

All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts, another of fishes, and another of birds.

There are also celestial bodies, and bodies terrestrial: but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another. There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars: for one star differeth from another star in glory.
So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption: It is sown in dishonour; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power: It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body. And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven. As is the earthy, such are they also that are earthy: and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly. And as we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly.

Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written,
Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
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"The apostle now comes back to the simple Gospel of the Grace of God. There were some of the Corinthians that were striking a blow at that very gospel that had saved them, for they were denying the resurrection of the dead. The apostle takes occasion by this error to bring out the great truth of the first resurrection and the coming of the Lord, which gives further importance to this Epistle. It takes up the two great truths which are of such importance for this day, 1st, the doctrine of the church, 2nd, the coming of the Lord for the saints, and resurrection of the body. The Epistle to the Romans lays the foundation by setting forth the gospel and the righteousness of God.

1 Cor. 15 may be divided thus: — In ver. 1-11 the gospel is brought forward as the foundation of the doctrine of the resurrection of the body; ver. 12-19 give us the consequences of no resurrection; ver. 29-34 continue the argument of ver. 18, 19; ver. 20-28 give the direct consequences of the resurrection of Christ; ver. 36-50 answer the questions of ver. 35, Christ’s body after resurrection being the type of the one we shall receive; ver. 51-54 give us the doctrine of the first resurrection.

The gospel then as the foundation of this is insisted on, particularly the resurrection of Christ. This was the gospel that Paul preached, which he now calls to their remembrance, the gospel which he had announced to them, which they had received and in which they stood; by which also they were saved, if they kept it in memory, as he had announced it to them, unless some of them had indeed believed in vain, and had only professedly received it. What, then, was this gospel? He only gave to them what he him self had received; and that was, first of all Christ died for our sins, according to the Scriptures. Our sins were the cause of Christ’s death. He answered in that manner before a just, Holy God, for them, and bore the punishment due to them which was death. This was part of the good news of the gospel. How were they to know that that was true? It was according to the whole teaching of Scripture from Abel’s sacrifice downwards, summed up in the verse,
It is the blood that maketh atonement for the soul (Lev. 17:11).
God had thus told them so in His own Word, and that was sufficient. But, secondly, Christ was buried. I bury a dead body; I give it a sepulchre. Here is something additional to the good news of the sins having been all answered for in the death of Christ. Not only are the sins gone, but the nature of sin is buried; we are buried with Him by Baptism unto death. Our old man is crucified, dead and buried in and with Christ, before God, and to faith, so that we may reckon death, by faith, to be already past. The actual death of the body, or the coming of Christ, would be the end of death instead of the beginning. But, thirdly, He rose again the third day, and if this was true He rose without the sins and without the sin. It was the same Life also which descended into death and took the sin and sins on the way, and rose again the third day without them; it was a Life thoroughly tested, found perfect, obedient unto death, so that the Judge in righteousness raised Him again, to be our righteousness before Him. How am I to know this piece of good news? The Scriptures tell me so (Psa. 16:10, etc.,) I am not called to make the feelings of my heart a test of salvation, but I am to know it from the truth of God’s own Word. Besides the testimony of the Scriptures to the resurrection of Christ, there were living witnesses to it. He was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve, then by more than 500 brethren at once, then He was seen of James, then of all the apostles, and last of all He was seen of Paul, as one born out of due time. He not only saw Him risen, but in ascended glory. He could say, I have really seen that Jesus, a real man in glory; I thought He was an impostor, but He revealed Himself to me on the way to Damascus, and I believe that that poor despised Nazarene is the Son of God. I persecuted the Church of God, and therefore am the least of the apostles, am not worthy to be called an apostle. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace was not bestowed on me in vain, for I laboured more abundantly than they all, yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. This, then, was the gospel which Paul preached, a gospel which set forth Christ risen and glorified, which all the apostles also bore witness to, and preached, and which the Corinthians had believed.

Ver. 1-10 is the foundation of the doctrine of the resurrection of the body brought forward in this chapter, Christ was risen. This was Paul’s gospel. How was it, then, that some of them were denying it by denying the resurrection of the body? Ver. 12-19 give us the consequences of the doctrine of no resurrection: first, that if there were no resurrection, then Christ was not risen; secondly, if Christ was not risen, their preaching was vain, they were false witnesses; and, thirdly, if this was the case, the Corinthians’ faith also was vain, they were yet in their sins; for this was the only gospel they had received. This was a serious conclusion for the Corinthians to be brought to, for the only gospel they had received was that from Paul. But if the doctrine he preached was false, their faith was vain too. (Ver. 18) Another consequence was that those that had fallen asleep in Jesus had perished.

(Ver. 29) If, however, this latter were the case, why was it as fast as saints died others eagerly filled up their places in Baptism, saying, by faith, I reckon myself now dead with Christ, in order to have part in the resurrection; but why, then, were they baptized for the dead, if the dead rose not? (Cp. Rom. 6:3-5. Cp. ver. 19, ver. 30-32.) and, secondly, why do we stand in jeopardy every hour, having death before us, in every circumstance through which we pass, such as fighting with beasts of Ephesus, persecutions, etc., if the dead rise not? If we have only in this life hope in Christ, certainly we are of all men most miserable, if this is the life we pass. (Ver. 32-34) If that is the case, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die. These ignorant men were not only taking away the doctrine that Paul preached, but also all the power of the Christian’s life and hope. They had not the knowledge of God, so that the Corinthians were to beware of evil communications and awake to righteousness.

(Ver. 20-28) Having now shown the consequences of the doctrine of no resurrection, he turns, in these verses, to the direct consequences of the resurrection of Christ, to the end. Not only were the Corinthians not in their sins, not only were they delivered from the body of sin itself by the death and resurrection of Christ, and given a risen and glorified Christ, as their present portion by faith (ver. 1-11), but Christ risen from the dead was the foundation of their hope as to the resurrection of their bodies. (Ver. 20) He was the first- fruits of them that slept. It was a resurrection from among the dead, not the Jewish thought of a general resurrection, good and wicked all together. Christ rose (ek nekrón) leaving the dead behind. This was to be the character of the saints’ resurrection, — they should be raised from amongst the dead, and in being so, the rest of the dead should be left behind, to be raised and judged more than 1000 years afterwards (comp. Rev. 20). Christ’s resurrection, then, first, was a resurrection from amongst the dead (John 5); and, 2ndly, He was the first- fruits of the harvest of them that slept, — a term which is never applied except to the bodies of the redeemed, and never to the wicked.

(Ver. 21, 22) By man came death; by Man came the resurrection of the dead: in Adam all die; in Christ shall all be made alive. This is a comparison of the two families linked each to their Heads. The words used are in Adam, in Christ. This, of course, gives no ground for teaching the evil doctrine of universalism. (Ver. 23-28) Then come the order of events: first, Christ the first- fruits, this has taken place; secondly, they that are Christ’s at His coming; thirdly, then cometh the end. Now we know that above 1,800 years have already elapsed between the first and second events; and we know, from Rev. 20:5, 6, that at least 1000 years will take place between Christ’s coming and the end, when the wicked will be judged, death destroyed, the kingdom delivered up to God the Father, so that God may be all in all (see Rev. 20:11-15; 21:1-8, etc.). Time is not the question when God talks of life in Christ. What we know is that at Christ’s coming, those that are Christ’s will be raised from amongst the dead, as Christ was, and only those that are Christ’s, not the wicked. Then cometh the end — 1000 years after. All enemies will not be under Christ’s feet till the end. Satan, though bound, will be let loose at the end of the 1000 years. Sin and death will be still then on the earth, but will be kept in abeyance by Christ’s authority. The millennium will be Christ’s kingdom set up in power, and at the end subduing all enemies, the last of which is death. Then He gives up the kingdom to God the Father, and God is all in all. His blessed place of service is never given up as long as He is Man, and that will be for ever. As Son of God, then, as ever, He is co-equal with the Father. Notice, all this is connected with the resurrection of Christ. Adam was tested, — disobeyed, fell, and the consequence was death to the body, not to speak of the soul and spirit. Christ, the Second Man, obeyed, glorified God up to death, and the consequence will be resurrection to the body, not to speak of present resurrection with Christ as to the soul. By Man came the resurrection of the dead. In Christ shall all be made alive. Blessed portion for the saints! All the fruit of the work of Christ, the Corn of Wheat that fell into the ground and died, John 12:24. The song shall resound through the ages of eternity, — Thou art worthy!
Worthy is the Lamb that was slain!
Ver. 35-50 give answers to the questions, How do the dead rise? with what bodies do they come? (Ver. 36) The only answer given is by the simile of the corn. It does not rise ands bear fruit unless it die first. A corn of wheat falls into the ground and dies, then rises and bears much fruit. (Ver. 37) And as to the body that comes, it is not the same body. You put mere grain and seed into the ground. But God gives each grain its body as it hath pleased Him. There are also different kinds of grain, different kinds of flesh also; there may be different glories, as one star differeth from another star in glory, so may it be with the heavenly saints; others may have their portion on earth, as bodies terrestrial. But all these are primarily but pictures of the resurrection of the bodies of the saints. It is a great point in understanding this chapter to see that Paul was combating the denial of the resurrection of the body. (Ver. 42-44) This is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. (Ver. 45-47) Adam and Christ are then again introduced as the type of each body, but we must remember that as the subject is the resurrection of the body, so we are to look at the body of Christ in resurrection, as the type or picture of what our bodies will be.

There is a natural body, of which Adam was a type, as it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul. That was the life of his body: but there is also a spiritual body, as the last Adam was a quickening Spirit: as Son of God He had life in Himself, and hence the power of quickening others. The first Adams had no such power, and as having sinned, it was mortal and liable to death. The soul is only looked at here in connection with the body, the subject of the apostle’s remarks. In other places, such as Heb. 4, it is closely connected with the spirit, God having breathed into man’s nostrils the breath of life. This made him immortal, but that subject is not entered into here. The natural came first, the spiritual next. The first man was of the earth, earthy; the second Man was the Lord from heaven. The first man has the race of the earthy; the second Man’s race will be heavenly, after the type of His resurrection body that is now in heaven. The thought now turns more directly to us. As we have borne the image of the earthy, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly. Flesh and blood cannot enter into the kingdom of God, even as is evidenced by the Lord Jesus (cp. John 19:34; Luke 24:30), neither can corruption inherit incorruption.

Then, how does this wonderful resurrection take place? (Ver. 51-54) Behold, I show you a mystery, unrevealed in Old Testament times, but now made clear: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we, the living, shall be changed (cp. 1 Thess. 4:13-18). With regard to the living saints, it will be necessary, seeing they have mortal bodies subject to death, that this mortal should put on immortality: with regard to the sleeping saints, it will be necessary that their corruptible bodies should put on incorruption. When that is accomplished, then shall the Scripture be fulfilled which said, Death is swallowed up in Victory. If a lion swallows up a lamb, there is an end of the lamb; if death is swallowed up in victory, there is an end of death with regard to the saints. Blessed be God, it will be so in that day. At that period will be the ushering in of the glory of the kingdom, spoken of in Isaiah 25:8; when the Lord will make a feast for all people in Mount Sion, and take away the veil spread over all nations, and wipe away all tears from all faces. This is the heavenly part in ch. 15. That in Isaiah is the earthly part, but the one ushers in the other, and the first resurrection will not be complete till Israel is again established in Jerusalem. Cp. Rev. 20:1-5, with Rev. 4, and 5, where the seated, crowned, and clothed elders, as representatives of the Church and Old Testament saints, are already in glory.

But with the thought of this glorious ending, there is the present shout of faith, —
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law; but thanks be unto God, who giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Resurrection is not only a future reality, as to my hope, but it is a present reality to faith, for Christ is risen. I am victorious over death now, and can say by faith, I am risen with Christ. He was made sin for us, and put it away, so that the sting of death is gone. What is death without sin? It is merely the doorway into glory. Christ has died to sin, and in doing so not only has put it away, but taken death also out of the hands of the enemy, and made it His own. The law having been given as the perfect rule of life for a child of Adam, is the strength of sin. Sin uses the holy commandment to slay man in the flesh. Instead of checking lust it excites it, by discovering it; and then forbidding it, under the penalty of a curse: sin takes advantage, uses its curse to pay to its poor slave its wages, that is death (cp. Rom. 6 and 7). So that the law, instead of being man’s power against sin, is sin’s power against man. It uses the holy commandment to slay me, Paul says, in Rom. 7, so showing itself exceeding sinful, and making me cry out as much for deliverance from law as from sin. Christ, having fulfilled it perfectly, died under its curse, thus giving present deliverance from the law by His death, as from sin. He has risen again, the victorious Son of God, so that I, a believing sinner, now rejoice in His victory, and daily do so. The Christian thus anticipates death by faith, for, on accepting Christ’s death by faith, he can say, I have died with Christ. He anticipates resurrection too, for he holds the risen Son of God by faith, and says, His life is my life; His victory my victory; His righteousness my righteousness. He overcomes daily by faith, always bearing about in the body the dying of the Lord Jesus, that the life of Jesus may be manifested, and the resurrection of the body is the full result. Cp. 2 Cor. 4 and 2 Cor. 5. Glory be to God!"

A.P. Cecil
Short Summary of the First Epistle to Corinthians
YOU WERE THERE WITH LYRICS by AVALON - myprincefroggy Published on Jul 7, 2012

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Isaiah 2    The word that Isaiah the son of Amoz saw concerning Judah and Jerusalem. And it shall come to pass in the last days, that the mountain of the Lord's house shall be established in the top of the mountains, and shall be exalted above the hills; and all nations shall flow unto it. And many people shall go and say, Come ye, and let us go up to the mountain of the Lord, to the house of the God of Jacob; and he will teach us of his ways, and we will walk in his paths: for out of Zion shall go forth the law, and the word of the Lord from Jerusalem. And he shall judge among the nations, and shall rebuke many people: and they shall beat their swords into plowshares, and their spears into pruninghooks: nation shall not lift up sword against nation, neither shall they learn war any more. O house of Jacob, come ye, and let us walk in the light of the Lord. Therefore thou hast forsaken thy people the house of Jacob, because they be replenished from the east, and are ...
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"In Him you were also circumcised with the circumcision made without hands, by putting off the body of the sins of the flesh, by the circumcision of Christ, buried with Him in baptism, in which you also were raised with Him through faith in the working of God, who raised Him from the dead." Colossians 2:11-12

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For I want you to know what a great conflict I have for you and those in Laodicea, and for as many as have not seen my face in the flesh, that their hearts may be encouraged, being knit together in love, and attaining to all riches of the full assurance of understanding, to the knowledge of the mystery of God, both of the Father and of Christ, in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge. Now this I say lest anyone should deceive you with persuasive words. For though I am absent in the flesh, yet I am with you in spirit, rejoicing to see your good order and the steadfastness of your faith in Christ. As you therefore have received Christ Jesus the Lord, so walk in Him, rooted and built up in Him and established in the faith, as you have been taught, abounding in it with thanksgiving. Beware lest anyone cheat you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the tradition of men, according to the basic principles of the world, and not according to Christ. For in Hi...
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"He that covereth his sins shall not prosper: but whoso confesseth and forsaketh them shall have mercy." Proverbs 28:13

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Proverbs 28 The wicked flee when no man pursueth: but the righteous are bold as a lion. For the transgression of a land many are the princes thereof: but by a man of understanding and knowledge the state thereof shall be prolonged. A poor man that oppresseth the poor is like a sweeping rain which leaveth no food. They that forsake the law praise the wicked: but such as keep the law contend with them. Evil men understand not judgment: but they that seek the Lord understand all things. Better is the poor that walketh in his uprightness, than he that is perverse in his ways, though he be rich. Whoso keepeth the law is a wise son: but he that is a companion of riotous men shameth his father. He that by usury and unjust gain increaseth his substance, he shall gather it for him that will pity the poor. He that turneth away his ear from hearing the law, even his prayer shall be abomination. Whoso causeth the righteous to go astray in an evil way, he shall fall himself into his own pit: but th...
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Exposition on select Bible verses: Romans 1:18-19

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[ Romans 1 ] Verse 18: Wrath revealed from heaven— This is the tenor of all Scripture as to God’s attitude toward defiant sin. “Jehovah rained upon Sodom and upon Gomorrah brimstone and fire from  Jehovah out of heaven,”  we read in Genesis 19:24. We know that “God has appointed a day in which He will judge the world” (Acts 17:31) ; that He will “visit with wrath” at that time (Rom. 3:5). However, in the thrice-repeated “God gave them over” of verses 24, 26 and 28, there is to be seen the character, the beginning, and the working of God’s wrath in this world , in His judicial handing over of rebels to go further into rebellion. But the awful arraignment of humanity in Chapters One, Two, and Three; together with the particular account of their apostasy and lost condition, however terrible it be, is not a description of the finally damned, but of the at-present-lost: and, “The Son of man came to seek and to save that which was lost.” “Such were some of you...
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2 Timothy 3:16–17; cf., John 3:31-36; John 6:63; John 14:26; John 17:3, 17; Romans 1:1-6, 16-17; 1 Corinthians 2:1-16; 1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Thessalonians 2:13-14; 2 Peter 1:20–21; Hebrews 4:12-13. As for the commentaries I post and refer to; with much gratitude, as they have done for me, it is my hope and prayer that they serve to edify all who read them.

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