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1 corinthians 15:12-32

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1 Corinthians 15:12-32

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”

— D.L. Moody

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12. Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13. But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14. And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain. 15. 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. 16. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17. And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20. But now is Christ risen from the dead, [and] become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21. For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead. 22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming. 24. 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. 25. For he must reign, till he hath put all enemies under his feet. 26. The last enemy [that] shall be destroyed [is] death. 27. 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. 28. 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. 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? 30. And why stand we in jeopardy every hour? 31. I protest by your rejoicing which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die daily. 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.

1 Corinthians 15:12-32 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:12

Theological / Devotional

Now. With this verse the apostle begins his closely woven arguments concerning the resurrection. In vs. 5-8 he has established the historical basis of the resurrection by presenting testimony from a multitude of reliable eyewitnesses. He now asks how, in the light of this well-proved fact, any Corinthian believer can deny a general resurrection of the dead.

No resurrection. Apparently there were some at Corinth who denied the possibility of a bodily resurrection of the dead. In vs. 13-19 Paul demonstrates the destructive nature of such a denial, and shows how such a belief is incompatible with the proved fact that Jesus had been raised (see also v. 16).

Of the dead. Literally, “from among dead [ones].”

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