1 Corinthians 15:20

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

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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 i...
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: ther...
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....
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....
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 aga...
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 f...
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:...
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...
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 C...
Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

The firstfruits ] The first sheaf accepted by God is a pledge of the coming harvest: cp. Leviticus 23:10-11 ; 21, 22. The Apostle, as in Romans...
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 Apo...
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...
Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 23 CONSEQUENCES OF DENYING RESURRECTION IN endeavoring to restore among the Corinthians the belief in the resurrection of the body, Paul...
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...
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 h...
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 res...
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...
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 conc...
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...
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 c...
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 resurrectio...
Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57....
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...
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 de...
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 “impos...
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 bei...
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 sta...
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 sta...
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 sta...
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 sta...
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 epit...
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 a...
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the First-fruits of them that slept.
The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

A victorious line of argument:
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...
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 Corint...

²⁰ But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

Related Commentaries of 1 Corinthians 15:20

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Arno Geneva Study Bible

Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

John Trapp Complete Commentary

Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Sermon Bible Commentary

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

The Complete Pulpit Commentary

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Wells of Living Water Commentary

Wesley's Explanatory Notes

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