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John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
INTRODUCTION TO 1 CORINTHIANS 15 The apostle, in this chapter, recommends the Gospel, and gives a summary of it, proves the resurrection of Christ, and by various arguments establishes the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, and answers objections made unto it. He also sets forth the glory there will be upon the bodies of risen saints, and...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
Moreover brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel,.... The apostle here passes on, and proceeds to a new subject, the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, which some in this church denied; and which he undertakes to prove, establish, and defend; and in order to lead on to it, observes, that what he was about to declare, make known, or put them...
Matthew Henry - Complete Commentary - Matthew Henry
In this chapter the apostle treats of that great article of Christianity—the resurrection of the dead. I. He establishes the certainty of our Saviour's resurrection, ver. 1-11. II. He, from this truth, sets himself to refute those who said, There is no resurrection of the dead, ver. 12-19. III. From our Saviour's resurrection he establishes the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Moreover, brethren I declare unto you the gospel — Mark that Paul writes concerning “the gospel.” We shall see now what “the gospel” is.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
Which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; That is the central truth of the...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. Paul preached the gospel, his hearers received it, and also stood in it: “wherein ye stand.” It is essential to...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. By which the apostle means, unless they had a false faith, a merely notional faith; or he may also mean “Unless...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. What was this gospel, of which Paul thought so highly, and which he says is the means of our salvation? Did it...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
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 memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain. What then was this gospel which Paul had preached, and which the Christians in Corinth had received,—the gospel...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
By which also ye are saved,.... It was the means of their salvation, and had been made the power of God unto salvation to them. Salvation is inseparably connected with true faith in Christ as a Saviour, and with a hearty belief of his resurrection from the dead, which is the earnest and pledge of the resurrection of the saints; and because of the...
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
For I delivered unto you first of all,.... Not only in the first place as to order; but among the chief and principal things, as the words will bear to be rendered, this was insisted on in his ministry; this was one he after relates, even a crucified Christ, or the doctrine of his dying for the sins of his people; and which he mentions to lead on...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, Notice that the preacher does not make the gospel. If he makes it, it is not worth your having. Originality in preaching, if it be originality in the statement of doctrine, is falsehood. We are not makers and inventors; we are repeaters, we tell the message we have received....
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I delivered unto you first of all that which, I also received,- The preacher of Christ must not make new doctrines. He is not to be his own teacher, he is to receive the truth first, and then to deliver it. The Christian minister takes the lamp out of the hand of God, and then passes it on to the hands of his people. Think not that any...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
How that Christ died for our sins according to the scripture; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: There are many passages in the Old Testament which describe the Messiah as dying for sinners, especially the old chapter of Isaiah’s prophecy. There are others that speak of him as being buried,...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; This is the solid basis of the gospel.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures; That is the first fundamental fact in the gospel system. Blessed is the man who believes it, and rests his soul upon it.
John Gill - Exposition - John Gill
And that he was buried,.... That is, according to the Scriptures; for as he died and rose again according to the Scriptures, he was buried according to them; which speak of his being in hell, in "sheol", in the grave, and of his making his grave with the wicked, and with the rich in his death, Psalms 16:10 and which had their accomplishment...
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that he was buried, That is an essential part of the gospel. 1Co_15:4. And that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: This is the bright light of the gospel, the resurrection of our Lord from the dead —
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that he was buried, This was necessary as a proof of his death, and as the ground work of his rising again. 1Co_15:4. And that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: This is the gospel, Christ dead, buried, risen again, ever living. We must dwell upon these points, for they are the essentials of the gospel.
Spurgeon - Verse Expositions - Charles H. Spurgeon
And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the scriptures: This is the very keystone of the gospel arch, — the Christ who died on the cross, and was buried in Joseph’s tomb, “rose again the third day according to the scriptures.” This great truth of Christ’s resurrection is so important that Paul dwells upon it at...