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But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.
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Christ, the Firstfruits
Commentators unanimously highlight the 'firstfruits' metaphor. In ancient Israel, the first sheaf of the harvest was offered to God as a promise and guarantee of the full harvest to come. In the same way, Christ's resurrection is not an isolated event; it is the guarantee that all believers ('them that are asleep') will also be raised to new life. His resurrection is the beginning of the great harvest of God's people.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But now is Christ risen, etc. This language is the bursting forth of a full heart and of overpowering conviction. It would seem as if Paul…
But now (νυν δε). Emphatic form of νυν with - added (cf. 12:18). It is the logical triumph of Paul after the reductio ad imposs…
19th Century
Anglican
But now . . .—From the hopeless and ghastly conclusion in which the hypothetical propositions of the previous verse would logicall…
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Baptist
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruit…
The “but... indeed” is an emphatic and conclusive way of introducing some vitally important affirmations. Certainly, Paul implies, none of the Cori…
16th Century
Protestant
But now hath Christ risen. Having shown what dreadful confusion regarding everything would follow if we were to deny that the dead rise ag…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But now is Christ risen from the dead As was proved before by ocular testimonies, and preached and asserted before; …
All who are by faith united to Christ are by His resurrection assured of their own resurrection. Just as through the sin of the first Adam all huma…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the Apostle proves that the conditional statement previously set forth is true: if Christ arose, the dead will rise. He does this in three st…
