1 Corinthians 15:46 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. ”

• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  Howbeit - There is a due order observed, 1 Corinthians 15:23 . The decaying, the dying, the weak, the corruptible, in the proper order of events, was first. This order was necessary, and this is...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (26) Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. (26) Secondly, he wills the order of this twofold state or quality to be obser...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  Paul now meets the objection, How are the dead raised? in what kind of a body do they come back from the tomb? Only a fool (in the Hebrew rather than the Greek sense), he tartly says, would ask such...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  Howbeit, &c . Read "But not first the spiritual, but the natural". and . Omit. that which is . the.

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  46. But this is not first, which is spiritual. “It is necessary,” says he, “that before we are restored in Christ, we derive our origin from Adam, and resemble him. Let us, therefore, not wo...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. That was not first which is spiritual - The natural or animal body, described 1 Cor...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. Afterward. Adam had "a living soul," framed for eternal life by eating the tre...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual. — Here a further thought is introduced. There is not only a variety of bodies — and that variety regulated by adaptability to their state of existence...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  Chapter 24 THE SPIRITUAL BODY THE proofs of the Resurrection which Paul has adduced are satisfactory. So long as they are clearly before the mind, we find it possible to believe in that great exp...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

  Victory over Sin and Death 1 Corinthians 15:42-58 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each b...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  (35) But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? (36) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: (37) And that which thou sowest, thou...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Howbeit, that was not first which is spiritual ,.... As the apostle before proves the distinction of a natural and spiritual body, and gives instances of both in the two principal men in the world,...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. Ver. 46. And afterward, that is spiritual ] Nature, art, grace, proceed from les...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  And so it is written With respect to the animal body, Genesis 2:7 . The first Adam was made a living soul God gave him animal life, in many respects resembling that of other animals; the last A...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Resurrection of Saints. A. D.  57.       35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  Christ, the spiritual Adam, was not first in order of time, but the natural Adam, God in his providence rising from more imperfect to more perfect dispensations: and so it is as to God's providences...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  'Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.' But there is an order to things. First comes what is of nature (natural, soulish), where life...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:35 .— (1) Emphasis on “ the dead ,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “ With what (kind of) body? ” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36 .—Emphasis on “ thou ”...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Sermon Bible Commentary

  1 Corinthians 15:45-49 The two bodies, the natural and the spiritual, are connected with the first Adam and the second Adam respectively. That is the teaching of these verses. The Apostle is anxio...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - The Biblical Illustrator

  The first man Adam was made a living soul Adam and Christ Or the mystery of life contemplated:-- I. In its sources. 1. Adam was endued with natural life, Christ with a life-giving Spirit...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - 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...

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  A contrast between the present and the future states:

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  Colossians 3:10 ; Colossians 3:9 ; Ephesians 4:22-24 ; Romans 6:6

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• 1 Corinthians 15:46 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

  How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...

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