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1 Corinthians 15 — Sermon Preparation
Paul defends the resurrection of Christ as the foundation of the gospel and explains the nature and order of the resurrection of the dead. Below is a research summary for 1 Corinthians 15, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
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- verses
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- Greek words / lemmas
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- classic sermon excerpts
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- preachers & commentators
1 Corinthians 15 in the Greek
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Greek | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | KJV renderings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ἐγείρω | egeírō | G1453 | 19 | awake, lift, raise, rear up |
| νεκρός | nekrós | G3498 | 13 | dead |
| σῶμα | sōma | G4983 | 9 | bodily, body, slave |
| σπείρω | speírō | G4687 | 7 | sow, receive seed |
| ὑποτάσσω | hypotássō | G5293 | 6 | be under obedience, put under, subdue unto, subject |
| ἄλλος | állos | G243 | 7 | more, one, other |
| ἐπουράνιος | epouránios | G2032 | 5 | celestial, heaven, high |
How preachers through history handled this text
43 public-domain excerpts on 1 Corinthians 15, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“1. How are the dead raised up? that is, by what means? How can they be raised? 2. As to the bodies which shall rise. Will it be with the like shape, and form, and stature, and members, and qualities? The former objection is that of those who opposed the doctrine, the latter of curious doubters. To the first the answer is, This was to be brought about by Divine power; that power which all may see does somewhat like it, year after year, in the death and revival of the corn. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible (Concise), on 1 Corinthians 15:35–50 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Ephesus— 1 Cor 15:32
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