1 Corinthians 15
15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
15:3 For I delivered unto you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the scriptures;saved
(See Scofield "Romans 1:16") .
15:5 And that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve:sins
Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 3:23") .
15:8 And last of all he was seen of me also, as of one born out of due time.then
(See Scofield "Mark 16:14") .
15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.born out of due time
(Greek - ajgaphtov , "before the due time)." Paul thinks of himself here as an Israelite whose time to be born again had not come, nationally (cf) Matthew 23:39 so that his conversion by the appearing of the Lord in glory Acts 9:3-6 was an illustration, or instance before the time, of the future national conversion of Israel. See ; Ezekiel 20:34-38 ; Hosea 2:14-17 ; Zechariah 12:10-13:6 ; Romans 11:25-27 .
15:22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.sins
Sin. (See Scofield "Romans 3:23") .
15:24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.Adam
Adam was a contrasting type of Christ, 1 Corinthians 15:45-47 ; Romans 5:14-19 .
(1) "The first man Adam was made a living soul" Genesis 2:7, i.e. he derived life from another, that is, God. "The last Adam was a life-giving spirit." So far from deriving life, He was Himself the fountain of life, and He gave that life to others ; John 1:4 ; 5:21 ; 10:10 ; 12:24 ; 1 John 5:12 .
(2) In origin the first man was of the earth, earthy; the Second Man is the Lord from heaven.
(3) Each is the head of a creation, and these also are in contrast: in Adam all die; in Christ all will be made alive; the Adamic creation is "flesh"; the new creation, "spirit." John 3:6 .
kingdom
Kingdom (N.T.), Summary: See "Kingdom (O.T.)" Genesis 1:26-28 . (See Scofield "Zechariah 12:8") . Kingdom truth is developed in the N.T. in the following order:
(1) The promise of the kingdom to David and his seed, and described in the prophets 2 Samuel 7:8-17, ; Zechariah 12:8 enters the N.T. absolutely unchanged. Luke 1:31-33 . The King was born in Bethlehem ; Matthew 2:1 ; Micah 5:2 of a virgin. ; Matthew 1:18-25 ; Isaiah 7:14 .