1 Corinthians 15:35-50
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- Historical References, Commentary and
Comparative Texts:
- Comparative World Scriptures from United Communities of Spirit:
- Chapter XXXI, Apology for the Christians, Athenagoras of Athens. (c 177)
- I.VIII.3, I.XXX.13, II.XVII.5, V.VII.1, V.IX.1, 3, V.X.1, 2, V.XI.1, V.XII.2, Adversus Haereses, Irenaeus of Lyons. (c. 180)
- II.20, III.17, VI.13, VI.14, Stromata, Clement of Alexandria (c 200)
- Chapter XI, On the Soul, Tertullian (c. 210)
- Chapter VIII, On the Flesh of Christ, Tertullian (c. 211)
- Chapter XLVIII, Chapter XLIX, Chapter L, Chapter LI, Chapter LII, Chapter LIII, On the Resurrection of the Flesh, Tertullian (c. 211)
- V.10, V.12, V.14, V.20, Against Marcion, Tertullian (c. 212)
- Chapter VI, Scorpiace, Tertullian (c. 213)
- Chapter V, On Monogamy, Tertullian (c. 215)
- II.IX.3, II.X.1, II.X.2, First Principles (De Principiis), Origen. (c.225)
- I.20, Commentary on the Gospel of John, Origen. (c.228)
- IV.XXX, IV.LVII, V.X, V.XVIII, V.XIX, VIII.XXX, Against Celsus, Origen (c. 246)
- X.3, Commentary on the Gospel of Matthew, Origen. (c.247)
- On the Dress of Virgins, Cyprian of Carthage (c. 249)
- Chapter XXV, Proslogium, Anselm of Canterbury, 1077-1078.
- Chapter 9, On Cleaving to God, Albertus Magnus, c. 1275.
- From the Geneva Notes.
- "He makes three manner of qualities of the bodies being raised: first, incorruption, that is, because they will be sound and altogether of a nature that can not be corrupt. Second, glory, because they will be adorned with beauty and honour. Third, power, because they will continue everlasting, without food, drink, and all other helps, without which this frail life cannot keep itself from corruption."
- From
Matthew Henry's
Commentary.
- "The human body in its present form, and with its wants and weaknesses, cannot enter or enjoy the kingdom of God. Then let us not sow to the flesh, of which we can only reap corruption. And the body follows the state of the soul. He, therefore, who neglects the life of the soul, casts away his present good; he who refuses to live to God, squanders all he has."
- From
Wesley's
Notes.
- "But first we must be entirely changed; for such flesh and blood as we are clothed with now, cannot enter into that kingdom which is wholly spiritual: neither doth this corruptible body inherit that incorruptible kingdom."
- On the Resurrection of the Dead (1 Cor 15:35). Sermon by John Wesley.
- From the
Commentary on the Whole Bible
(Jamieson, Fausset and Brown, 1871).
- "The oldest manuscripts read, "IF there is a natural (or animal-souled) body, there is also a spiritual body." It is no more wonderful a thing, that there should be a body fitted to the capacities and want of man's highest part, his spirit (which we see to be the case), than that there should be one fitted to the capacities and wants of his subordinate part, the animal soul [ALFORD]."
- From The
People's New Testament, B.W. Johnson, 1891.
- "When we are raised to heaven we shall have spiritual bodies like Christ's, not like the body he received from Mary, but the glorious body in which he appears to saints and angels on high. Do we ask what body we shall have? It shall be like Christ's glorious body."
- Contemporary Commentary, Studies and Exegesis:
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"An Analogy of
Seeds and Bodies,"
"Made Like
Christ," Rev. Bryan Findlayson, Lectionary Bible
Studies and Sermons, Pumpkin Cottage Ministry Resources.
- "What action could we take tomorrow to 'bear' the likeness of Christ?"
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"Bodies and
Glories,"
Expository Essay,
1 Corinthians 15:35-38, 42-50, Dr. William R. Long.
- "The heart of the Gospel is at stake for Paul. Not only will there be resurrection, but it will be resurrection of the body, even though a different body than the one we currently wear."
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- Articles & Background:
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"1
Corinthians 15:Thematic Elaboration." From The Tapestry of Early
Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology, Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, London:
Routledge, 1996.
- "Elaboration, then, is a mode of argumentation central to early Christian discourse. Without this kind of intertextual argument, it is doubtful that Christianity would have become a powerful alternative to other Jewish groups at the time."
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"We
Believe in Divine Judgment," Georgia Harkness, Chapter 12 in Beliefs
That Count, 1961. At Religion Online.
- "Man, whose earthly existence is so brief and uncertain, has nevertheless eternity set in his heart by the Creator. The words of Jesus and His resurrection from the dead bring to us the assurance that for the Christian death shall be swallowed up in victory. God is eternal, Jesus is the conqueror of the grave, and we, being united by faith with Him, share His everlasting life. Death is a doorway from a natural world into a spiritual world. Behind the thin veil that conceals from our human eyes the Blessed Country there stands One who has gone to prepare a place for us and who will one day receive us unto Himself in eternal glory. Heaven is the perfect companionship of the believer with Christ, and death is but a transition into the deeper fellowship of His nearer presence."
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"The
Disabled God," Burton Cooper, Louisville Presbyterian
Theological Seminary. Theology Today 1992.
- "I have learned some things from listening to Christians with disabilities, and I am persuaded that by thinking of God as disabled-metaphorically, of course-we can deepen our understanding of the nature of God's creative and redemptive love."
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"1
Corinthians 15:Thematic Elaboration." From The Tapestry of Early
Christian Discourse: Rhetoric, Society and Ideology, Dr. Vernon K. Robbins, London:
Routledge, 1996.
- Recommended articles
from ATLAS, an online collection of religion and theology journals, are
linked below.
ATLAS Access options are available for academic institutions, alumni of
selected theological schools, and clergy/church offices.
- Asher, Jeffrey R.,
"SPEIRETAI:
Paul's Anthropogenic Metaphor in 1 Corinthians 4:42-44," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2001.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Borchert,
Gerald L.,
"The Resurrection: 1 Corinthians 15," Review & Expositor,
1983.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Endsjø, Dag Øistein,
"Immortal Bodies, before Christ: Bodily Continuity in Ancient Greece and
1 Corinthians," Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2008.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Horsley,
Richard A.,
"'How Can Some of You Say that There Is No Resurrection of the Dead?'
Spiritual Elitism in Corinth," Novum Testamentum,
1978.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Hultgren, Stephen,
"The Origin of Paul's Doctrine of the Two Adams in 1 Corinthians 15.45-49,"
Journal for the Study for the New Testament, 2003.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Janssen,
Claudia,
"Bodily Resurrection (1 Cor. 15)? The Discussion of the Resurrection in Karl
Barth, Rudolf Bultmann, Dorothee Sölle and Contemporary Feminist Theology,"
Journal for the Study of the New Testament,
2000.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Meyer, Ben
F.,
"Did Paul's View of the Resurrection of the Dead Undergo Development?"
Theological Studies, 1986.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Padgett,
Alan G.,
"The Body in Resurrection: Science and Scripture on the 'Spiritual Body' (1
Cor 15:35-58)," Word & World,
2002.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Pagels,
Elaine H.,
"'The Mystery of the Resurrection': A Gnostic Reading of 1 Corinthians 15,"
Journal of Biblical Literature,
1974.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Schneider,
Bernardin, OFM.,
"Corporate Meaning and Background of 1 Corinthians 15:45b," The
Catholic Biblical Quarterly, 1967.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials - Wegener,
Mark I.,
"The Rhetorical Strategy of 1 Corinthians 15," Currents in
Theology and Mission, 2004.
EBSCO ATLASerials, Religion Collection
EBSCO ATLA Religion Database with ATLASerials
- Asher, Jeffrey R.,
"SPEIRETAI:
Paul's Anthropogenic Metaphor in 1 Corinthians 4:42-44," Journal of
Biblical Literature, 2001.
- Reviews:
- Sermons:
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"The Christian
Center," Dr. Elizabeth Achtemeier, 1993. 30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club.
- "We now know from whence we came and to whom it is we are going. We now experience God's forgiveness in Christ as our daily sustenance."
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"The Christian
Center," Dr. Elizabeth Achtemeier, 1993. 30 Good
Minutes, Chicago Sunday Evening Club.
- With Children:
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"Our Glorious New
Bodies,"
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"Our Glorious New
Bodies,"
- Drama:
- Graphics & Bulletin Materials:
- Clip Art, 1 Corinthians 15:42, 1 Corinthians 15:47, Fr. Richard Lonsdale, Resources for Catholic Educators.
- Hymns and Music:
- Hymns with Scripture Allusions: 1 Corinthians 15:35. The Cyber Hymnal.
- Hymnal Scripture References, The Lutheran Hymnal, Lutheran Worship.
- "Resurrection Power," Brenton Prigge, NewHymn, a new, relevant hymn set to traditional tunes.
- "Listen Sisters, Listen Brothers!" hymn by Carolyn Winfrey Gillette. Based on 1 Corinthians 15. Tune: BEACH SPRING.
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