1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

51-58 All the saints should not die, but all would be changed. In the gospel, many truths, before hidden in mystery, are made known. Death never shall appear in the regions to which our Lord will bear his risen saints. Therefore let us seek the full assurance of faith and hope, that in the midst of pain, and in the prospect of death, we may think calmly on the horrors of the tomb; assured that our bodies will there sleep, and in the mean time our souls will be present with the Redeemer. Sin... read more

Frank Binford Hole

F. B. Hole's Old and New Testament Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:1-99

1Co 15 THE OPENING WORDS of chapter 15 appear at first sight rather extraordinary. Why, we may ask, should the Apostle declare the Gospel to people who had already received it? There was, we believe a little wholesome irony in his words, as also there had been in 1Co_14:37 , 1Co_14:38 of the previous chapter. As we have noticed several times previously the Corinthians had inflated ideas of themselves, their gifts and accomplishments, so the Spirit of God confronted them with realities. The... read more

Paul E. Kretzmann

The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann - 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

The transformation of the last day and the victory over death: v. 50. Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption. v. 51. Behold, I show you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed v. 52. in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. v. 53. For this corruptible must put... read more

Johann Peter Lange

Lange's Commentary on the Holy Scriptures: Critical, Doctrinal and Homiletical - 1 Corinthians 15:51-58

D. Conclusion in reference to those who survive at the advent. Final exhortations1 Corinthians 15:51-5851Behold, I shew [tell, λέγω] you a mystery; We shall not all sleep [We all shall not sleep, πἀντες οὺ κοιμηθ.44], but we shall all be changed. 1 52In a moment [an atom, ὰτόμω̣], in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised45 incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53For this corruptible 54must put on incorruption, and this mortal... read more

Alexander MacLaren

Alexander MacLaren's Expositions of Holy Scripture - 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

1 Corinthians THE DEATH OF DEATH 1Co_15:20 - 1Co_15:21 ; 1Co_15:50 - 1Co_15:58 . This passage begins with the triumphant ringing out of the great fact which changes all the darkness of an earthly life without a heavenly hope into a blaze of light. All the dreariness for humanity, and all the vanity for Christian faith and preaching, vanish, like ghosts at cock-crow, when the Resurrection of Jesus rises sun-like on the world’s night. It is a historical fact, established by the evidence... read more

Frederick Brotherton Meyer

F.B. Meyer's 'Through the Bible' Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:42-58

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 be provided with a body like that which our Lord had after, He arose from the dead. It will be a spiritual body, able to go and come at a wish or a thought; a body that will be perfectly adapted to its spiritual world environment. The last Adam, our Lord, will effect this for us. But we must in the... read more

G. Campbell Morgan

G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

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 some in the Corinthian Church who were holding rationalistic views and denying resurrection. To deny resurrection is, of course, to deny Christ's resurrection, and to do this is to do away with Christianity. If Christ rose not, then the apostolic testimony concerning God is false, for that has been... read more

Robert Neighbour

Wells of Living Water Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:29-58

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 . 1. The first question, "What shall they do which are baptized for the dead, if the dead rise not at all?" There are two ordinances in the Church baptism and the Lord's Supper. The one before us is that of baptism, and the question is asked, if there is no resurrection of the dead, then why are we... read more

James Nisbet

James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:57

A SONG OF TRIUMPH‘Thanks be to God which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.’ 1 Corinthians 15:57 It is in this high strain of triumph that the Apostle concludes his magnificent Hymn of the Resurrection. He had spoken of the Resurrection of Christ; first as a fact in history, and next as a moral and spiritual power; first, as a fact for which the evidence was clear, certain, abundant; next, as a power ruling man’s life and giving him a victory over death, giving him a victory... read more

Peter Pett

Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:55

'O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?' Paul now comes back to the present and is so carried away with the glory of the idea that he chides death itself as he considers the resurrection of the dead. So death thought that it had won? Death thought that it would be always victorious, that it had the victory? For had not all died? Ah, yes, that was true until the resurrection of Jesus Christ. But now all is different. There is now One Who has defeated death. Death has not... read more

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