1 Corinthians 15:12-34

[Jim Watt]

“*TWO ARE BETTER THAN ONE” MINISTRIES*

*Jim & Marie Watt*

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*July 1, 2009
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  *B. 1 CORINTHIANS 15:12-34*

*RESURRECTION: AN ESSENTIAL ELEMENT OF THE GOSPEL*

*1. 15:12-19 CHRIST'S RESURRECTON: BASIS FOR OUR RESURRECTION*

*a. 15:12 CHRIST'S RESURRECTION: PROOF THAT WE TOO SHALL RISE*

Ei de ChrisTOS k*e*RUSse-tai [2784] HOti ek neKR*O*N [3498] eG*E*ger-tai
[1453],

*Now if Christ is preached that he has been raised from the dead,*

p*o*s LEgou-sin en huMIN tiNES HOti aNASta-sis [386] neKR*O*N ouk EStin?

*how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?*


 *b. 15:13-14 CHRIST'S RESURRECTION: ESSENTIAL LEST GOSPEL IN VAIN*

ei de aNAsta-sis neKR*O*N ouk EStin,

*But if there is no resurrection of the dead,*

ouDE ChrisTOS eG*E*ger-tai:

*neither has Christ been raised:*

ei de ChrisTOS ouk eG*E*ger-tai,

*14 and if Christ has not been raised,*

keNON Ara to K*E*rug-ma [2782] h*e*M*O*N, keN*E* kai h*e* PIStis h*e*M*O*N.

*then is our preaching void, and our faith also is void.*


 *c. 15:15 APOSTLES: FALSE WITNESSES IF CHRIST ROSE NOT*

heu-risKOme-tha de kai pseu-doMARtu-res [5575] tou TheOU;

*Yes, we are found false witnesses of :God;*

HOti e-mar-tuR*E*sa-men [3140] kaTA tou TheOU HOti *E*gei-ren ton ChrisTON:

*because we witnessed for :God that he raised the Christ:*

hon ouk *E*gei-ren, EIper Ara neKROI ouk eGEIron-tai.

*whom he raised not, if so be that the dead are not raised.*


 *d. 15:16-17 VANITY OF FAITH: IF CHRIST ROSE NOT*

ei gar neKROI ouk eGEIron-tai, ouDE ChrisTOS eG*E*ger-tai:

*For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised: *

ei de ChrisTOS ouk eG*E*ger-tai, maTAIa [3152] h*e* PIStis huM*O*N esTIN;

*17 and if Christ has not been raised, your :faith is vain;*

Eti esTE en tais ha-marTIais [266] huM*O*N.

*you are yet in your :sins.*


 *e. 15:18 A SAD CONCLUSION*

Ara kai hoi koi-m*e*THENtes [2837] en ChrisT*O* aP*O*lon-to [622].

*Then also those fallen asleep in Christ have perished.*


 *f. 15:19 CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS ESSENTIAL FOR OUR FUTURE*

ei en t*e* z*o*-*E* [2222] PAUt*e* en ChrisT*O* *e*l-piKOtes [1679] esMEN
MOnon,

*If we have in this :life only hoped in Christ,*

e-le-eiNOte-roi [1652] PANt*o*n anTHR*O*p*o*n esMEN.

*we are of all men rather pitiable.*


 *2. 15:20-28 ORDER OF EVENTS PRIOR TO AND AFTER RESURRECTION*

*a. 15:20 THE RESURRECTED CHRIST: FIRSTFRUIT FOR ALL DEAD IN HIM*

NuNI de ChrisTOS eG*E*ger-tai ek neKR*O*N,

*But now has Christ been raised from the dead,*


 a-parCH*E* [536] t*o*n ke-koi-m*e*MEn*o*n [2837].

*first fruit of those asleep.*


 *b. 15:21 A MAN BROUGHT DEATH: A MAN BROUGHT RESURRECTION*

e-peiD*E* gar di' anTHR*O*pou THAna-tos,

*For since by man is death,*

kai di' anTHR*O*pou aNAsta-sis neKR*O*N.

*by man is also resurrection of the dead.*


 *c. 15:22 ADAM BROUGHT DEATH: CHRIST BRINGS LIFE*

H*O*Sper gar en t*o* A-DAM PANtes a-poTHN*E*Skou-sin [599],

*For as in :Adam all die,*

HOUt*o*s kai en t*o* ChrisT*O* PANtes z*o*-o-poi-*e*THN*E*son-tai [2227].

*so also in the Christ shall all be made alive.*


 *d. 15:23 CHRIST'S RESURRECTION IS FIRST IN ORDER: THEN OURS*

HEkas-tos de en t*o* iDI*o* TAGma-ti [5001]: a-parCH*E* [536] ChrisTOS;

*But each in his :own order: Christ a first fruit;*

Epei-ta hoi tou ChrisTOU, en t*e* pa-rouSIa [3952] auTOU.

*then they that are the Christ's, at his :presence.*


 *e. 15:24 AFTER OUR RESURRECTION, GOD BECOMES ALL IN ALL*

EIta to TElos [5056], HOtan pa-ra-diD*O* [3860] t*e*n ba-siLEIan [932]

*Then the end, when he shall deliver up the kingdom*

t*o* The*O* kai paTRI;

*to the God and Father;*

HOtan ka-tarG*E*s*e* [2673] PAsan arCH*E*N [746] kai PAsan e-xouSIan
[1849]kai DUna-min
[1411].

*when he shall have abolished all rule and all authority and power.*


 *f. 15:25 GOD'S PURPOSE FOR CHRIST*

dei gar auTON ba-siLEUein [935],

*For he must reign,*

Achri hou th*e* PANtas tous echTHROUS [2190] huPO tous POdas [4228] auTOU.

*till he put all his :enemies under his :feet.*


 *g. 15:26 A REVELATION*

EScha-tos echTHROS [2190] ka-tarGEItai [2673] ho THAna-tos [2288].

*The** enemy to be abolished last **is :death.*


 *h. 15:27a. GOD'S WILL FOR CHRIST*

PANta gar huPEta-xen [5293] huPO tous POdas auTOU.

*For, He subjected all things under his :feet.*


 *i.. 15:27b CHRIST IS NOT SUBJECT TO ANYTHING*

HOtan de EIp*e* HOti PANta hu-poTEtak-tai [5293],

*But when he says that all the things are subjected, *

D*E*lon HOti ekTOS tou hu-poTAxan-tos auT*O* ta PANta.

*it is** evident that he is excepted who did subject :all **things to him.*


 *j. 15:28 AFTER OUR RESURRECTION, CHRIST WILL SUBJECT HIMSELF TO GOD*

HOtan de hu-po-taG*E* auT*O* ta PANta,

*And when all the things have been subjected to him,*

TOte kai auTOS ho huiOS hu-po-taG*E*se-tai

*then also the Son shall himself be subjected to him*

t*o* hu-poTAxan-ti auT*O* ta PANta, HIna *e* ho TheOS PANta en PAsin.

*that did subject all the things to him, that :God be all in all.*


 *3. 15:29-34 APART FROM RESURRECTION, HOLY LIVING IS FUTILE*

*a. 15:29a QUESTION*

E-PEI ti poi*E*sou-sin hoi bap-tiZOme-noi [907] huPER t*o*n neKR*O*N?

*Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead?*


 *b. 15:29b-30 IF NO RESURRECTION, BAPTISM IS MEANINGLESS*

ei HOl*o*s neKROI ouk eGEIron-tai [1453],

*If the dead are not raised at all,*

ti kai bapTIzon-tai huPER auT*O*N?

*why then are they baptized for them?*

ti kai h*e*MEIS kin-duNEUo-men [2793] PAsan H*O*ran [5610]?

*30 why are WE also in peril every hour?*


 *c. 15:31 PAUL MAKES HIS BAPTISM VALID DAILY*

kath' h*e*MEran a-poTHN*E*Sk*o* [599], n*e* t*e*n hu-meTEran KAUch*e*-sin
[2746], a-delPHOI,

*I protest by your glorying, brethren,*

h*e*n Ech*o* en ChrisT*O* 'I*e*SOU t*o* KuRI*o* h*e*M*O*N.

*which I have in Christ Jesus our :Lord, I die daily.*


 *d. 15:32a IF NO RESURRECTION, NO PROFIT TO RISK OUR PRESENT LIFE*

ei kaTA ANthr*o*-pon e-th*e*-ri-oMAch*e*-sa [2341] en E-PHEs*o*,

*If :after man's manner I fought beasts at Ephesus,*

ti moi to Ophe-los [3786]?

*what does it profit me?*


 *e. 15:32b IF NO RESURRECTION, PLEASURE IN THIS LIFE IS OUR ONLY HOPE*

ei neKROI ouk eGEIron-tai, PHAg*o*-men [5315] kai PI*o*-men [4095],

*If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink,*

AUri-on gar a-poTH*E*Sko-men [599].

*for to-morrow we die.*


 *f. 15:33 PICK YOUR FRIENDS CAREFULLY*

 m*e* plaNASthe [4105]: PHTHEIrou-sin [5351] *E*th*e* chr*e*sTA ho-miLIai
[3657] kaKAI.

*Be not deceived: Evil companionships corrupt good morals.*


 *g. 15:34 WITHOUT RESURRECTION KNOWLEDGE, WE ARE TEMPTED TO SIN*

ekN*E*psa-te [1594] diKAI*o*s [1345], kai m*e* ha-marTAne-te [264];

*Awake to soberness righteously, and sin not;*

ag-n*o*SIan [56] gar TheOU tiNES Echou-sin:

*for some have no knowledge of God:*

pros en-troP*E*N [1791] huMIN laL*O*.

*I speak to shame you.*



 *NOTE**:* 1 Corinthians 15:12-19. Our Lord Jesus knew what He was doing
when He chose Paul to be His apostle to the Gentiles. For though He was able
through the fully submitted Paul to say exactly what He wanted this
primarily Gentile church to hear - yet at the same time He was able to use
all the natural giftings of Paul to say His word through him! *This* is the
miracle of the infallible inspiration of the 66 books of our Bible. It is *
God* using *men* to infallibly set forth *His thinking* on all subjects
expressed. Bible Numerics undergirds and confirms this great miracle.


 This particular passage shows forth this rare combination of God speaking
through man to express the tremendous importance of Christ's resurrection as
the basis of ours to follow.


 15:22 became a rare verse to answer George Hawtin's dilemma. *How* could *one
man* answer the need of every

man of the human race? But if *one man*, Adam, brought sin's contamination
into the entire human race, then God could use one man, His only begotten
Son, to atone for all what Adam introduced into our human race!


 Scriptures clearly teach that God is the Father of the *spirits* of all
men. It matters not our racial background as human beings - we are *all* of
one family. We are all of one blood. Each individual can safely receive
blood transfusions from any other individual of the human race. (Of course,
differences in blood types must still be considered.)


 According to *spirit* and according to *blood*, I am brother to every other
member of the human race. Then when we enter the Kingdom of God by
justification by faith, we enter into another and higher dimension.


 15:29-34. The Lord's final concluding thought here through Paul is clear.
The resurrection of Christ and His Ascension, and the Father sending the
Holy Spirit through the Son, successfully erases the futility that otherwise
would render holy living impossible.


 And of course, the difficult passage of 15:L29-30 and baptism for the dead
- finds answer through the above. Various commentators have clearly seen how
to make clear and simple this passage, and it is *not* the Mormon answer.


 Then 15:33-34 shows that we must fellowship with friends who are vertically
related with God and Christ - and horizontally one with another - in the
light of this passage. Friends *not* related by *vertical* covenant with
God, and *horizontal* covenant with one another - will have their morals in
jeopardy. - J.A.W.



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