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He clearly denies here that he considers baptism essential to the remission of sin or the means of obtaining forgiveness. (Robertson), How did Paul preach in Corinth? We use cookies to let us know when you visit our websites, how you interact with us, to enrich your user experience, and to customize your relationship with our website. i. Barclay on joined together: A medical word used of knitting together bones that have been fractured, or joining together a joint that has been dislocated. He is the One who has called them into the fellowship of His Son, so He is the One who will confirm them to the end and present them blameless. ii. But God cannot be found through human wisdom, but only through the message of the cross. The Greeks regarded Christ crucified as foolishness. Paul shows how the resurrection of Jesus not only proves His own resurrection, but it proves the, If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen. Mans flesh only is informed by a reasonable and immortal soul, not so the flesh of other creatures: and hence the difference. (Trapp). Paul will tell the Corinthian Christians something they could not have known by reason or research. Through much of this book, Paul deals with the moral problems of the Corinthians: envy, divisions, pride, immorality, greed, irreverence, and selfishness. Mans flesh only is informed by a reasonable and immortal soul, not so the flesh of other creatures: and hence the difference. (Trapp). Paul will tell the Corinthian Christians something they could not have known by reason or research. The term Korinthiazomai was well known in the Roman Empire and it meant literally to live like a Corinthian. But everyone knew it really meant to be sexually out of control. Aelian, the late Greek writer, tells us that if ever a Corinthian was shown upon the stage in a Greek play he was shown drunk. (Barclay), v. Fee comments on Corinths sexual immorality: The Asclepius room in the present museum in Corinth provides mute evidence to this facet of city life; here on one wall are a large number of clay votives of human genitals that had been offered to the god for healing of that part of the body, apparently ravaged by venereal disease. Fee sums up his analysis of Corinth by writing: All of this evidence together suggests that Pauls Corinth was at once the New York, Los Angeles, and Las Vegas of the ancient world. Leon Morris describes Corinth as Intellectually alert, materially prosperous, but morally corrupt.. The disunion is unnatural and must be cured.. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen. is typical of Pauls letters, and draws from both Greek and Jewish customs. Crucified meant weakness, defeat, and humiliation. Jesus: The given name of the son of Mary, and adopted son of Joseph, which is the Greek pronunciation of Joshua. Love suffers long: Love will endure a long time. e. If the dead do not rise, Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die. Pauls third proof for the resurrection in this section is also compelling. Yet, these positives were no great credit to the Corinthian Christians themselves. (29-32) More reasons to believe in the principle of resurrection. Death is defeated by resurrection. It wasnt because the Corinthian Christians did not believe Jesus rose from the dead. For it is written: I will destroy the wisdom of the wise, and bring to nothing the understanding of the prudent. Where, : In this quotation from Isaiah 29:14, Paul shows that in spiritual matters, God opposes the wisdom of man. i. Certain divines tell us that they must adapt truth to the advance of the age, which means that they must murder it and fling its dead body to the dogs which simply means that a popular lie shall take the place of an offensive truth. (Spurgeon). No one will stand before God and declare, I figured You out or You did it just like I thought You should. Gods ways are greater and higher, and nothing of the. : Our resurrection body will be glorious! See passages such as Numbers 16:3, Numbers 20:4, Deuteronomy 23:1, and 1 Chronicles 28:8. iii. (14-17) Paul is grateful he did not happen to baptize more people in Corinth and thereby add more fuel to the partisan debate. For the abundance of their spiritual gifts. I am, an apostle of Jesus Christ through the will of God, ? Yet, we can see by this that, that he baptized so few in Corinth, and he, as an evangelist, could. This is proving himself the servant of Christ. When you bury the body of a believer, you are sowing a seed that will come out of the earth as a resurrection body. c. But that you be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment: The contrast to divisions is to be perfectly joined together in the same mind and in the same judgment. 7. He recognizes that the gifts were not the problem, but wrong attitudes and beliefs about the gifts. Our resurrection body will be a heavenly (. ) b. We should work hard in everything now, working for the Lord, because, Knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord. iii. This also demonstrates Jesus credibility, because He proclaimed He would rise three days after His death (Matthew 16:21, 17:23, 20:19). David Guzik is the pastor of Calvary Chapel Santa Barbara, California. For you see your calling, brethren, that not many wise according to the flesh, not many mighty, not many noble, : Paul says to the Corinthians, Look at yourselves. And so it is written, The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. The second perfect man, Jesus the, , can give us another kind of body. This is a question Paul doesnt really answer in the following verses, because the answer is obvious. 1. v. It is possible there was not an actual Paul Party or Apollos Party or Peter Party or Jesus Party at Corinth. i. Thou lookest like a dragon, but thy sting is gone. How much of this came in because of they kept. : This probably refers to the first meeting Jesus had with His assembled disciples, mentioned in Mark 16:14, Luke 24:36-43, and John 20:19-25. What the Church supremely needs is to correct the spirit of the age.. We have all borne the image of the first, will also bear His resurrection image. (12-13) The resurrection of Jesus proves there is a resurrection. By man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead, : Here, Paul communicates the same ideas found in Romans 5:12-21. It may simply be unrecorded, or Paul may mean beasts figuratively, in reference to his violent and wild human opponents (as he faced at Ephesus in Acts 19:21-41). Believers in Palestine are described this way (1 Corinthians 15:9), as well as the church at large (1 Corinthians 10:31-32). i. He regarded himself as. Click to enable/disable Google Analytics tracking. All rights reserved worldwide. (42-44) Comparison of the two kinds of bodies. i. Paul brilliantly links together the ideas of sin, death, and our identification with Jesus death and resurrection in Romans 6:1-14. d. Through our Lord Jesus Christ: This defeat of death is only possible for those who live through our Lord Jesus Christ. We get our English word. b. We should work hard in everything now, working for the Lord, because right now counts forever! . This remarkable, instant gathering of Christians unto Jesus in the clouds has been called the rapture, after the Latin word for caught up in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-18. ii. In His work, He communicates three things to those who are in Christ Jesus. In its Gentile sense it denotes chiefly the citizen-assembly of a Greek city but it is its Jewish usage that underlies its use to denote the community of believers in Jesus. And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching, If Christ is not risen, then our preaching is in vain, : If there is no resurrection, then Jesus is not risen, and Paul and the other apostles have preached. ii. iii.Redemption is a word from the slave trade. b. If it were if the teaching of baptismal regeneration were true then Paul could never thank God that he baptized so few in Corinth, and he, as an evangelist, could never say Christ did not send me to baptize. Click to enable/disable _gat_* - Google Analytics Cookie. But as the ivy grew, one could only read we preach Christ, and the church also started preaching Jesus the Great Man and Jesus the Moral Example instead of Christ crucified. So, even though our resurrection bodies come from our present bodies, we should not expect that they will be the same bodies or just improved bodies. ii. To remain willfully ignorant of the truth is sin. He had the right, and the authority, to command the Corinthian Christians in these matters. Paul doesnt only consider believers in Corinth to be the church of God. for the Christians destiny. c. Not with wisdom of words: How did Paul preach in Corinth? He is. Please be aware that this might heavily reduce the functionality and appearance of our site. They got this bad thinking by associating either with Jews who did not believe in the resurrection (such as the Sadducees) or by associating with pagan, Greek philosophical types, who did not believe in the resurrection (Acts 17:31-32). To the church of God: Most people today associate the word church with a building where Christians meet. Besides, I do not know whether I baptized any other. I bless God that there are so many denominations. The resurrection body of Jesus was material and could eat (Luke 24:39-43), yet it was not bound by the laws of nature (Luke 24:31, 24:36-37). As Paul said to Agrippa in Acts 26:8, This may be a foolish question (Paul calls his imaginary questioner , Foolish one, what you sow is not made alive unless it dies. Nederlandstalige Bijbelstudies door Stan Marinussen, : The apostle Paul follows the normal pattern for writing a letter in ancient times. Jesus did not die as a mere martyr for a cause. i. Righteousness means that we are legally declared not only not guilty, but to have a positive righteousness. i. The Corinthians were called saints, not called to be saints. (22-25) The wisdom of God, though foolish to the world, triumphs. He gives thanks for their conversion to the faith of Christ; that grace was given them by Jesus Christ. Where does that atom go in the resurrection? But God does not need every atom of a mans body to make a resurrection body. (54-57) Resurrection is the final defeat of death. If, in the manner of men, I have fought with beasts at Ephesus, what advantage. through the pride and cleverness of men! How sobering this is! Someone once said to him, Well, what church are you in now? He said, I am in the true church at last. How many belong to it? Just my wife and myself, and I am not sure about her sometimes.. But God did not respond to the polling data. Sixth, live in such a manner that you would not be ashamed to die at any moment. The message of the gospel must first be believed and embraced. Otherwise you will be prompted again when opening a new browser window or new a tab. Not with the wisdom of words, which can be translated cleverness of speaking. The Book of 1 Kings; The Book of 2 Kings; The Book of Job; The 119th Psalm; The Book of Ecclesiastes; The Song of Solomon; The Book of Isaiah; The Book of Jeremiah; The Book of Daniel; New Testament. Because church was a secular term (referring to the gatherings of the citizenry in a city-state to discuss and decide on matters of public interest [Mare]), Paul calls the gathering of Christians in Corinth the church of God. So also is the resurrection of the dead. explains why animals do not rise in the resurrection. Or were you baptized in the name of Paul: Even more foolish than dividing Jesus is to center parties in the church around men. We are no longer subject to the penalty of the law (death), and we are set free from sin. This is not some side doctrine, to be believed if one likes it. Many noble men and women have died horrible deaths for righteous causes through the centuries. , he does not speak of his spiritual identification with the death of Jesus. Or were you baptized in the name of Paul. . Certainly, this meeting of the resurrected Jesus with His brother. The disunion is unnatural and must be cured.. : Jesus made a special resurrection appearance to Peter (Luke 24:34). iv. 1. 1. : A title designating not only master and boss, but also the, : The given name of the son of Mary, and adopted son of Joseph, which is the Greek pronunciation of, : This is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew word for. What of the dead in Christ before that day? 1. It was common in the ancient world to dictate a letter to a scribe who would write it all down. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. This conflict had made them divide up into parties or cliques, each party having its own leader., : There was the Paul Party, who declared We are following in the footsteps of the man who founded our church, the apostle Paul. We fully respect if you want to refuse cookies but to avoid asking you again and again kindly allow us to store a cookie for that. The term church of God has Old Testament associations, especially in the Septuagint (the ancient Greek translation of the Old Testament). But someone will say, How are the dead raised up? Jesus gave him the keys to the kingdom of heaven, and hes our man. The Apostle Paul spent eighteen months there on his Second Missionary Journey and established a church there. Otherwise, you have believed in vain. all the credit for the change in His life. They were not looking for the, : The Greek culture valued the pursuit of wisdom, usually expressed in high, academic, philosophical terms. And so it is written, The first man Adam became a living being. The last Adam, , gave us one kind of body. But in the first century, saying, is foolishness to those who are perishing, To us who are being saved it is the power of God, : Though it is a strange message, and regarded as foolish by the perishing, to those who trust in it and are, in the preaching of the true gospel, when it is received with faith. i. O Hades, where is your victory? Paul knew this by experience. d. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed: Since sleep is a softer way of describing the death of a believer, Paul tells us that not all Christians will die, but there will be a final generation who will be transformed into resurrection bodies at the return of Jesus before they ever face death. For the unbeliever, this life alone gives them any chance at pleasure, and whatever happiness they can find now is all the happiness they will ever know. The Corinthian Christians are, , but this was not based on the outward performance of the Corinthians. We dont need to waver, we dont need to change direction, we dont need to fall, and we dont need to quit. If one preaches the word with a reliance on wisdom of words, they can make the gospel of no effect. Since these providers may collect personal data like your IP address we allow you to block them here. Like the biblical revelation itself, his argument begins with God the creator of all and ends with God the judge of all The speech as it stands admirably summarizes an introductory lesson in Christianity for cultured pagans. (Bruce, in his commentary on Acts) At the same time, it is not unreasonable to think that Paul came from the intellectual environment of Athens, to the open wickedness of Corinth, with a renewed passion to preach the gospel plainly and without compromise. It is true that knowing Jesus and loving Jesus can make this life better, but sometimes it will make this life worse. Athena, Apollo, Poseidon, Hermes, Isis, Serapis, and Asclepius, among others, had temples to their honor in Corinth. He is a life-giving spirit. i. Clarke on Chloe: This was doubtless some very religious matron at Corinth, whose family were converted to the Lord; some of whom were probably sent to the apostle to inform him of the dissensions which then prevailed in the Church at that place., b. Contentions among you: The Corinthian church suffered under quarreling and conflict. vi. Jesus does not belong to any one party. These cliques ignore the truth of unity over all diversity in the church, even if they were all in the name of spirituality. Verse 1 Corinthians 15:3. They know Jesus rose from the dead., followers of Jesus before His Ascension, though Acts 1:15 mentions only the 120 who were in the Jerusalem area. As Paul said to Agrippa in Acts 26:8, Why should it be thought incredible by you that God raises the dead? Paul says, In light of what God says in Isaiah 29:14, ? Are they lying in the grave, in some kind of soul sleep or suspended animation? Despite all their problems with carnality, lack of understanding, strife, divisions, immorality, and weird spirituality, they still stood for the gospel. He is describing them as they appear to the perishing man, the wise man of this age. But this will always prompt you to accept/refuse cookies when revisiting our site. I thank my God always concerning you for the grace of God which was given to you by Christ Jesus, that you were enriched in everything by Him in all utterance and all knowledge, even as the testimony of Christ was confirmed in you, so that you come short in no gift, eagerly waiting for the revelation of our Lord Jesus Christ, who will also confirm you to the end, that you may be blameless in the day of our Lord Jesus Christ. Where is your scribe? In 1 Corinthians 1:17, Paul declared the idea that the cross could, The message of the cross is foolishness to those who are perishing, : To those who reject the salvation of the cross, the idea of being saved through the work of a, sound kind of noble and religious to our twentieth-century ears. i. Paul came to Corinth from Athens, where he contended with the great philosophers of the day in terms they could understand (Acts 17:16-34). Note that blocking some types of cookies may impact your experience on our websites and the services we are able to offer. (26-29) Gods foolish wisdom is also displayed by whom He has chosen for salvation. There is nothing more uncomely, unlovely, and loathsome than a dead body; but it will not be so when it shall be raised again, then it shall be a beautiful, comely body. Where is the scribe? They are shown to have, at times, morality problems, doctrine problems, church government problems, spiritual gift problems, church service problems, and authority problems. : If these few Corinthians were right about the resurrection, then Jesus was still dead! : Does this mean everyone is resurrected? We are following in the footsteps of no one less than Jesus Himself. Three glimpses of the bodys glory were seen, in Moses face, in Christs transfiguration, and in Stephens countenance. (Trapp), iii. Spurgeon gives seven steps to dying daily in a sermon titled. When Paul explained it like this, it shows how foolish it is to focus on anyone but Jesus. They did not come behind any of the churches in any gift, v. 7. Not with the, Lest the cross of Christ should be made of no effect, . i. 4. He establishes the certainty of our Saviour's resurrection, ver 1-11. 2. Were the ones really right with God!, : There was the Apollos Party, who declared We are following in the footsteps of a man who is great in power and spiritual gifts, and an impressive man. God has called the weak and ignorant first, but not exclusively; shepherds first, then wise men; fishermen first, then the educated (like Paul, who was himself an educated man). . So, even though our resurrection bodies come from our present bodies, we should not expect that they will be the same bodies or just improved bodies. Their idolatry was that they now had God completely figured out; he would simply repeat the Exodus, in still greater splendor. (Fee). d. Those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints: Paul continued his description of the Corinthian Christians. Here, he simply states the fact: And has become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep, of our resurrection in both senses. This was the. However, we learn something just from the meaning of the ancient Greek word " apostolos ," which has the idea of "a special ambassador." Paul was a "special ambassador" of Jesus Christ to the world and to the church. How different for the Christian! The destruction of death was shown at the resurrection of Jesus, when, But when He says all things are put under Him, it is evident that He who put all things under Him is excepted, : Paul reminds us that the Son will not someday be superior to the Father. ix. So also is the resurrection of the dead: Its hard to understand what our resurrection bodies will be like, so Paul will use contrast to help us, giving four contrasts between our present body and our future resurrection body. The Corinthians were, ii. Grace, by definition, is given freely. is simply a thing to be understood by spiritual, rather than by merely human perception. Nor does corruption inherit incorruption: The word corruption does not mean moral or ethical corruption, but physical, material corruption. Moreover it is required in stewards that one be found faithful. b. O Death, where is your sting? . Paul now will show why this is true of the cross and the message of the gospel. a. Paul: The apostle Paul follows the normal pattern for writing a letter in ancient times. This may seem like a small distinction to us, but it must be an important distinction to God. Now, after preparing their minds for rebuke, acting like a good, experienced surgeon, who touches the wound gently when a painful remedy must be used, Paul begins to handle them more severely. (Calvin). is a softer way of describing the death of a believer, Paul tells us that not all Christians will die, but there will be a final generation who will be transformed into resurrection bodies at the return of Jesus before they ever face death. The good news or euangelion, rests on just such a confession which Paul first proclaimed at Corinth and by which they were in the process of being . Who became for us: Jesus is not only wisdom for us; He is also righteousness and sanctification and redemption. The Gospel of Matthew; The Gospel of Mark; The Gospel of Luke; The Gospel of John; The Book of Acts; The Book of Romans; The Book of 1 Corinthians . The problem is addressed. For it has been declared to me concerning you, my brethren, by those of Chloes, : Chloe was a woman (probably a Christian) whose business interests caused her representatives (those of her. ) So when he says we he means we believers. (Morris). Please see our Privacy Policy for cookie usage details. Christ: This is the ancient Greek translation of the Hebrew word for Messiah, or Anointed One. This is the One prophesied by the Old Testament Scriptures, sent by the Father to save and deliver us. But God gives it a body as He pleases, and to each seed its own body. Paul always remembered how he had sinned against Jesus church. It was prosperous, busy, and growing; it had a deserved reputation for the reckless pursuit of pleasure. v. Those who thus veil an unwelcome truth imagine that they make disciples, whereas they are only paying homage to unbelief, and comforting men in their rejection of divine propitiation for sin. A truly Christian minister will seek much more to do spiritual good to men's souls, than to get the greatest applause to himself. Their idolatry was to conceive of God as ultimate Reason, meaning of course what. Pottery and Corinthian brass (a mixture of gold, sliver and copper) from the city were world famous. You are free to opt out any time or opt in for other cookies to get a better experience. b. Click to enable/disable _gid - Google Analytics Cookie. This may seem like a small distinction to us, but it must be an important distinction to God. It was impossible for the Apostle to preach the gospel without presenting the message of the cross. And if one lets go of the gospel, all their. Click to enable/disable _ga - Google Analytics Cookie. It is actually reported that there is sexual immorality among you, and such sexual immorality as is not even named among the Gentilesthat a man has his father's wife! , Paul may mean that he did not have a three-year gestation period as the other apostles; he came on the scene suddenly. The name Joshua means, Yahweh is salvation.. You dont understand the tension between, iii. Copyright - Enduring Word       |      . a. Therefore be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord: Because we know death is defeated and we have an eternal, resurrected destiny with Jesus Christ, we should stand firm and unshakable all the more for Him right now. An example of this is in Acts 23:12-13, when more than forty men took a vow that they would neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul. From the first, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man. a. Finally, have all your affairs in order so that you are ready to die. This aspect of the nature of God is something God wants us to walk in, having a concern for the glory of others, and not our own (Philippians 2:3-4). 5. 1 Corinthians 15:23. We may request cookies to be set on your device. He specifies utterance and knowledge, v. 5. The apostle was addressing Christians, and warning them to beware of the temporal judgements with which God chastised his offending servants.