1 Corinthians 15:15 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ 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. ”

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Yea, and we are found - We are; or we shall be proved to be. It will follow, if the Lord Jesus was not raised up, that we have been false witnesses. Of God - Respecting God. It will be found...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

How, in face of this preaching, can any Christian say there is no resurrection? If a resurrection of the dead is out of the question this involves a denial that Christ has been raised. This fact, how...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Yea, and . Moreover. false witnesses . Greek. pseudomartur. Only here and Matthew 26:60 . have . Omit. testified . Greek. murtureo. See p. 1511. of . against. Gr . kata. App-104. if...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

15. We are also found to be false witnesses. The other disadvantages, it is true, which he has just now recounted, were more serious, as regards us — that faith was made vain — that the w...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

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.
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

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. Testified of God - i:e., conce...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Yea, and we are found false witnesses. — Not mistaken witnesses, but witnesses testifying to what they know to be false. This is another result involved in a denial of the doctrine of the resurrect...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST I. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREED PAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Christ's Resurrection Assures Ours 1 Corinthians 15:12-28 The argument here goes to show, first, that our resurrection is intimately connected with Christ's. There must be such a thing, because...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

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...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God ,.... The apostles were chosen to be witnesses of the resurrection of Christ; he appeared to them, and was seen by them for this purpose; and they were s...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

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. Ver. 15. False witnesses of God ]...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then is our preaching In consequence of a commission supposed to be given after his resurrection; vain Without any real foundation, and destitute of truth; and your faith In our preaching; is...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dea...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Ver. 15,16. There is nothing in these two verses but what the apostle had before said, viz. That if Christ were not risen, the apostles preaching and the Corinthians believing were both of them vain...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'Yes, we are found false witnesses of God, because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if so be that the dead are not raised.' Now we come to see why Paul went in...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:12 .—Cf. the strain of 1 Thessalonians 4:14 , or Romans 8:11 . Also see that it is “ Christ ” [and not first of all facts about Him] who is the burden and substa...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:12-17 The fact of the resurrection of Christ and the belief in a general resurrection are intimately and inseparably connected. So the Apostle Paul here, as elsewhere, teaches. Th...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . 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 memo...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The resurrection of Christ basic for the Christian's faith:
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:13 ; 1 Corinthians 15:20 ; Acts 10:39-42 ; Acts 13:30-33 ; Acts 2:24 ; Acts 2:32 ; Acts 20:21 ; Acts 4:10 ; Acts 4:33 ; Exodus 23:3 ; Job 13:7-10 ; Romans 3:7 ; Romans 3...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Glorious Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle Paul said: "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, a...
1 Corinthians 15:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

If the dead rise not — If the very notion of a resurrection be, as they say, absurd and impossible.

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

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

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:15 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:15 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:15 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes