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But some one will say, "How are the dead raised?" and, "With what kind of body do they come?"
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Commentators agree that Paul is setting up the rest of his argument by posing two key questions from a hypothetical objector. The first is, 'How is it possible for the dead to be raised?' The second, more specific question is, 'What kind of body will they have?' The remainder of the chapter is structured to answer these two fundamental challenges to the doctrine of resurrection.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
But some man will say. An objection will be made to the statement that the dead will be raised. This verse begins the second part of the c…
But some one will say (αλλα ερε τις). Paul knows what the sceptics were saying. He is a master at putting the standpoint of the im…
19th Century
Anglican
But someone will say, How are the dead raised up?—The proof of the truth of the doctrin…
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Baptist
You know the almost endless questions that may be asked about this matter, and you know the snares into which a man may fall if he begins curiously…
Paul now answers the question some believers were asking: since a resurrection “body” (GK 5393) would be like the sinful mortal body we now have, h…
16th Century
Protestant
How will they be raised up? There is nothing more contrary to human reason than this article of faith. For who but God alone could persuad…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
But some man will say Or "some one of you", as the Syriac and Arabic versions read; for there were some among them members of …
13th Century
Catholic
Having proved the resurrection of the dead, the Apostle now shows the quality and manner of those who rise. In this regard, he does two things: fir…
