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Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:41-42

1 Corinthians 15:41-42There is one glory of the sun, and another glory of the moon.Degress of glory in heavenI. What this means. That as the Lord has displayed His mercy and His love to holiness, by rewarding a short and imperfect obedience by an eternal glory, so it is accordant with these perfections to confer higher degrees of this glory on those whose obedience has been more constant, and piety more ardent. While we maintain this--1. We allow that all will nevertheless be perfectly happy,... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:42-45

1 Corinthians 15:42-45So also is the resurrection of the dead.It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption. The resurrectionI. Its essential character.1. It is not the work of an age, but of a moment--not a gradual process, but an instantaneous act.2. It is to be distinguished in its nature from--(1) An awakening out of a soul sleep.(2) A clothing of the unclothed spirit.(3) A restoration of our flesh and bone in like form as before.3. It is a work of perfect beauty.II. Its certainty.... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:45-50

1 Corinthians 15:45-50The first man Adam was made a living soul Adam and ChristOr the mystery of life contemplated:--I.In its sources.1. Adam was endued with natural life, Christ with a life-giving Spirit.2. The natural preceded the spiritual.3. The natural is of the earth, the spiritual is the Lord from heaven.II. In its communication.1. From Adam we derive the earthy or natural life, from Christ the heavenly.2. The image of the earthy precedes the heavenly.3. As the earthy body (flesh and... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:46

1 Corinthians 15:46Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural.The natural and the spiritualI. The natural precedes the spiritual. This is seen in--1. Nature. Not until the earth was complete did God create man, a spiritual being, “in His own image and after His own likeness,” etc. Thus man stands at the head of the creation. By his physical organisation, which is natural, he is connected with all that is below him. But by his higher nature, which is spiritual, he... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:47-49

1 Corinthians 15:47-49The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. The first and second manI. The first--is of the earth, earthy--consequently--1. Confined to earth.2. Perishes with the earth.II. The second--from heaven, heavenly.1. Rules the earth.2. Opens heaven.3. Lives for ever. (J. Lyth, D.D.)Of the earth, earthyΧοϊκος properly means “clayey,” but is here used to express man’s terrestrial nature. Because he is of the earth in his origin--i.e., as to his... read more

Joseph Exell

The Biblical Illustrator - 1 Corinthians 15:50-54

1 Corinthians 15:50-54Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God. Flesh and blood cannot enter the kingdom of GodI. The general law.1. This carries with it its own proof: for, obviously, darkness might as well become light, or death life, as that which is corrupt rise into the incorruptible. On this point St. Paul is earnest and absolute. The exception of 1 Corinthians 15:51 is only an apparent one. Those who are alive when Christ comes will nevertheless be changed (1 Corinthians... read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:29

29 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? Ver. 29. Which are baptized ] The several senses that are set upon this text, see in Beza, Piscator, but especially our new annotations upon the Bible. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:30

30 And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? Ver. 30. In jeopardy every hour ] Carrying our lives in our hands, as both the Hebrews and Greeks phrase it, εν τη χειρι την ψυχην εχειν . (Athenseus.) read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:31

31 I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. Ver. 31. By our rejoicing ] i.e. By our infirmities, afflictions, wherein he so much glorieth, 2Co 11:23-33 ; 2 Corinthians 12:1-10 , as an old soldier doth of his scars. As if the apostle should say, I appeal to all those miseries that I have suffered among you for a testimony. read more

John Trapp

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:32

32 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. Ver. 32. If after the manner, &c. ] Paul fought with beasts at Ephesus after the manner of men, that is, say some, the men of Ephesus fought with him after the manner of beasts. (Beza, Sclater.) Others more probably understand it literally; If after the manner of men, that is, as men use to do, to show their valour (he meaneth those ... read more

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