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1 Corinthians 15:1 through 1 Corinthians
15:11 (NIV)
1Now, brothers, I want to remind you of the gospel I preached to you, which
you received and on which you have taken your stand. 2By this gospel you are
saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have
believed in vain.
3For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance: that Christ
died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4that he was buried, that he was
raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5and that he appeared to
Peter, and then to the Twelve. 6After that, he appeared to more than five
hundred of the brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, though
some have fallen asleep. 7Then he appeared to James, then to all the apostles,
8and last of all he appeared to me also, as to one abnormally born.
9For I am the least of the apostles and do not even deserve to be called an
apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. 10But by the grace of God I am
what I am, and his grace to me was not without effect. No, I worked harder than
all of them—yet not I, but the grace of God that was with me. 11Whether, then,
it was I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.
Matthew Henry’s Concise Commentary on the Whole Bible
VERSES 1-11
The word resurrection, usually points out our existence beyond the grave. Of the
apostle’s doctrine not a trace can be found in all the teaching of philosophers.
The doctrine of Christ’s death and resurrection, is the foundation of
Christianity. Remove this, and all our hopes for eternity sink at once. And it
is by holding this truth firm, that Christians stand in the day of trial, and
are kept faithful to God. We believe in vain, unless we keep in the faith of the
gospel. This truth is confirmed by Old Testament prophecies; and many saw Christ
after he was risen. This apostle was highly favoured, but he always had a low
opinion of himself, and expressed it. When sinners are, by Divine grace, turned
into saints, God causes the remembrance of former sins to make them humble,
diligent, and faithful. He ascribes to Divine grace all that was valuable in
him. True believers, though not ignorant of what the Lord has done for, in, and
by them, yet when they look at their whole conduct and their obligations, they
are led to feel that none are so worthless as they are. All true Christians
believe that Jesus Christ, and him crucified, and then risen from the dead, is
the sun and substance of Christianity. All the apostles agreed in this
testimony; by this faith they lived, and in this faith they died.