1 Corinthians 15:1-28 BSB

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:10

Paul’s apostolic calling was a gracious gift from God. The giving of God’s grace proves vain when it does not elicit the appropriate response of loving service. Paul responded to God’s unusually great grace to him by offering back unusually great service to God. However, he did not view his service as self-generated but the product of God’s continual supply of grace to him. God saved Paul by grace, and Paul served God by God’s grace. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:11

Paul and the other apostles all believed and preached the same gospel. Paul did not proclaim a different message from what Peter, James, and the others did (cf. Galatians 2:1-10). This commonly agreed on message is what the Corinthians had believed when those who had ministered in Corinth had preached to them. By denying the resurrection the Corinthians were following neither Apollos, nor Cephas, nor Christ. They were pursuing a theology of their own.The point of this section of verses was to... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:12

Belief in the resurrection of the body seems to have been difficult for Greeks to accept in other places as well as in Corinth (cf. Acts 17:32; 2 Timothy 2:17-18). Evidently some of the Corinthian Christians were having second thoughts about this doctrine."These deniers apparently believe that those who are truly ’spiritual’ (in the Corinthians’ sense) are already ’reigning with Christ’ in glory (see 1 Corinthians 4:8)." [Note: Furnish, p. 74.] "On the whole the Greek did believe in the... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

The negative alternative 15:12-19Paul first appealed to the Corinthians’ logic. In this form of logic, called modus tollens, Paul’s argument was that since Christ was raised there is a resurrection of believers. That Paul had believers in view, rather than all people, seems clear in that he was discussing the hope of believers. Other passages teach the resurrection of other groups of people, even all others (e.g., Daniel 12:2; Revelation 20:4-5; Revelation 20:12; et al.). Here it becomes clear... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

2. The certainty of resurrection 15:12-34In the preceding paragraph Paul firmly established that the gospel the Corinthians had believed contained the fact that God had raised Jesus Christ bodily, along with other equally crucial facts. Next he proceeded to show the consequences of rejecting belief in the resurrection of the body."Paul uses reductio ad absurdum: if there is no resurrection (i.e., of believers in the future), then Jesus did not rise (1 Corinthians 15:12-13), a point on which he... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:13-14

Belief in bodily resurrection is foundational to the Christian faith. If the resurrection of the body is impossible, then the resurrection of Jesus Christ is a fiction. If He did not rise, the apostles’ preaching rested on a lie, and consequently the Corinthians’ faith would have been valueless and misplaced.This is the first in a series of conditional statements that run through 1 Corinthians 15:19. They are first class conditions in the Greek text, which express the assumption of reality for... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:15

If there were no resurrection of the body, the apostles would not just be in error, they would be false witnesses against God. They would be saying something untrue about God, namely, that He raised Jesus Christ when He really had not. This would be a serious charge to make against the man who had founded their church and claimed to represent God. Really by denying the resurrection the unbelieving Corinthians were the false witnesses. read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:16-18

Paul repeated his line of thought contained in 1 Corinthians 15:12-14 in different terms. If Christ was still dead and in the grave, then confidence in Him for salvation is futile. [Note: See Norman L. Geisler, "The Significance of Christ’s Physical Resurrection," Bibliotheca Sacra 146:582 (April-June 1989):148-70.] This means the believer is still dead in his or her sins. He or she is without any hope of forgiveness or eternal life. Christians who had already died would be lost forever,... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:19

If the Christian’s hope in Christ is just what he or she can expect this side of the grave, that one deserves pity. Of course there are some benefits to trusting Christ as we live here and now (cf. 1 Timothy 4:8). However, we have to place these things in the balance with what we lose in this life for taking a stand for Him (cf. Philippians 3:8; 1 Corinthians 4:4-5; 1 Corinthians 9:25). If we have nothing to hope for the other side of the grave, the Christian life would not be worth living.To... read more

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Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:20

The argument advances here by connecting the believer with Christ. Christ was the firstfruits of the larger group of those whom God has chosen for salvation. This is the last mention of Christ’s resurrection in the argument, but all that follows rests on this fact.The Jews celebrated Passover on the fourteenth day of the first month on their sacred calendar. Jesus died on the day Jewish fathers slew the Passover lamb, which was a Friday that year. The Jews offered a sacrifice of firstfruits the... read more

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:10

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:11

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:12

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:12-34

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:13-14

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:15

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:16-18

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:19

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:20

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