“ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. ”
If in this life only we have hope in Christ - If our hope in Christ shall not be followed by the resurrection of the dead and future glory, and if all our hopes shall be disappointed. We are ....
(9) If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. (9) The third argument which is also taken from an absurdity: for unless there is another life, in which those who...
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...
life . Greek. zoe. App-170. have hope . are having our hope. of all men, &c. . more to be pitied than all men. men . Greek. anthropos. App-123. be put down is death [Satan].
19. But if in this life Here is another absurdity — that we do not merely by believing lose our time and pains, inasmuch as the fruit of it perishes at our death, but it were better for us n...
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. If in this life only we have hope - It would be better to translate and point this verse as follows: - And, if in this l...
We are of all men most miserable.— Most pitiable. Doddridge. It is quite foreign to the purpose to argue from this text, as some have done, that if there were no future state, holiness and virtue...
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. If our hopes in Christ were limited to this life only, we should be, of all men, most robe pitied-namely, because...
(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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
THE ARGUMENT OF COMMON SENSE ‘If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.’ 1 Corinthians 15:19 Let me seek to show to any one who has any heart-love for th...
If in this life only we have hope in Christ ,.... The object of a believer's hope is not any creature, man, or angel; nor any creature enjoyment, as gold and silver; nor any creature righteousness,...
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. Ver. 19. Most miserable ] Because none out of hell ever suffered more than the saints have done.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ We, who are exposed to such a variety of dangers and sufferings, for his sake; we are of all men most miserable Ελεεινοτεροι, most to be pitied; that...
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...
The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dea...
The apostle here argueth the resurrection of believers from a new head. It is not reasonable for any to imagine, that those who believe in Jesus Christ should of all others be the most miserable; but...
'If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.' For the fact is that in spite of all that He brought men, without the gift of eternal life which He promised, and whi...
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 15:18-19 I. "Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." They have perished. This does not mean that upon the supposition made they have ceased to exist. The ques...
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 15:1 . 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...
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...
The resurrection of Christ basic for the Christian's faith:
1 Corinthians 4:9-13 ; 1 Corinthians 6:3 ; 1 Corinthians 6:4 ; 1 Peter 1:21 ; 1 Thessalonians 1:3 ; 2 Timothy 1:12 ; 2 Timothy 2:4 ; 2 Timothy 3:12 ; Acts 14:22 ; Ecclesiastes 6:11 ; Eccle...
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...
If in this life only we have hope — If we look for nothing beyond the grave. But if we have a divine evidence of things not seen, if we have "a hope full of immortality," if we now taste of "the po...