1 Corinthians 15:20 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. ”

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But now is Christ risen ... - This language is the bursting forth of a full heart and of overpowering conviction. It would seem as if Paul were impatient of the slow process of argument; weary of...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(10) But now is Christ risen from the dead, (11) [and] become the (f) firstfruits of them that slept. (10) A conclusion of the former argument: therefore Christ is risen again. (11) He puts the las...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

But why discuss this further? Christ has been raised, the firstfruits of the rest of the dead, thus, as one with them, pledging their resurrection. If man brought death, resurrection must equally c...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

is, &c . = Christ has been raised. From 1 Corinthians 15:20 to 1 Corinthians 15:28 is. digression. Figure of speech Parembole. App-6. and become . All the texts omit. firstfruits ....
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

20. But now hath Christ risen. Having shown what dreadful confusion as to everything would follow, if we were to deny that the dead rise again, he now again assumes as certain, what he had s...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. But now is Christ risen - On the contrary, Christ is raised from the dead, and is become the first fruits of th...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

But now is Christ risen, &c.— It is a great mistake to imagine that the Apostle is employed throughout this chapter in proving a resurrection: the proof lies in a very narrow compass, chiefly f...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. Now - as the case really is. And become. Omitted in 'Aleph (') A B Delta G f g, Vulgate. The first...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - 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 15:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

But now... — From the hopeless and ghastly conclusion in which the hypothetical propositions of the previous verse would logically land us, the Apostle turns, with the consciousness of truth, to th...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - 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 15:20 - 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 15:20 - 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 15:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

(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...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

HE IS RISEN ‘Now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.’ 1 Corinthians 15:20 Two distinct truths are taught us in these blessed words:— I. ‘Now is C...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

But now is Christ risen from the dead ,.... As was before proved by ocular testimonies, and before preached and asserted; and now reassumed and concluded, from the glaring contradictions, and dreadf...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. Ver. 20. The firstfruits, &c. ] As in the firstfruits offered to God, the Jews were assured of God's bl...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But now is Christ risen Here the apostle declares that Christians have hope not in this life only. His proof of the resurrection lies in a narrow compass, 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 . Almost all the r...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - 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 15:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 20 But now is Christ risen...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

The apostle returneth to his former argument, to discourse concerning the resurrection of Christ, who is by him called the first-fruits of them that slept; not of all that shall rise, (as some thin...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Christ's Death And Resurrection Has Cancelled Out Adam's Failure So That Triumph Is Assured (15:20-28) 'But now has Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those that are asleep.' Ha...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:20 . Hath .—Emphasis here, not on “ now ” or “ Christ .” Over against their doubts, and speculations, and “impossibilities,” Paul sets the one conclusive fact ....
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20-23 I. The principle upon which the Apostle proceeds is the same when he reasons on the assumption of Christ's resurrection being admitted, as when he argues on the hypothesis o...
1 Corinthians 15:20 - 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 15:20 - 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 15:20 - 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 15:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the First-fruits of them that slept.
1 Corinthians 15:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:23 ; 1 Corinthians 15:4-8 ; 1 Peter 1:3 ; Acts 26:23 ; Colossians 1:18 ; Revelation 1:5 ; Romans 8:11
1 Corinthians 15:20 - 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 15:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

But now — St. Paul declares that Christians "have hope," not "in this life only." His proof of the resurrection lies in a narrow compass, 1 Corinthians 15:12-19 . Almost all the rest of the chapte...

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:20 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:20 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:20 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes