Exegetical Paper on Corinthians
This section of 1 Corinthians 15 is a discourse on the resurrection of the dead. The apostle Paul writes to a church that in many ways resembles a church from modern times. Paul writes to confront division, heresy, and false teaching, and to encourage the Corinthian Christians to make faithful confession of the faith, and then to live it out as the church of Christ. Paul, relating as a father in the faith confronts the Corinthian church with a view of the resurrection or the lack thereof. The church at Corinth was in the heart of Greek culture. They saw the afterlife as something only for the soul. According to Greek philosophers, the soul was the real person, imprisoned in a physical body, and at death the soul was released. There was no immortality for the body, but the soul entered an eternal state. Christianity, in contrast, affirms that the body and soul will be united after resurrection. Thus many believers had a difficult time believing in a bodily resurrection. Paul wrote this part of his letter to clear up this confusion about the resurrection. In the section immediately preceding our text (15:3-11), Paul recites of the tradition he has passed onto them. He narrates with special focuses on the death of C
Only then, Paul says, will the end come, when Christ will have destroyed every other rule and authority and power; the last enemy to be destroyed will be death. Death is not destroyed if all that is left of us in the end is some short-lived spirit that has been extracted from our dead body. No, death itself will be destroyed in the resurrection of the dead. Then Christ will deliver all things over to the Father. Paul goes on further: if Christ is not raised, not only is our faith futile, but we are still in our sins. He then goes on to make his point: “‘But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep” (15:20). Paul is making the point here that Jesus, in his resurrection, is the first bud, the “firstfruits.” In him the resurrection of the dead has begun, and God’s work to undo death is destined for victory. Christ is the firstfruits, and we are the fruits that will follow. For the resurrection of Christ is yet to be completed in the lives of his people, who will share in the likeness of his resurrection.
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Approximate Word count = 1524
Approximate Pages = 6 (250 words per page double spaced)
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