1 Corinthians 15:1-29

I Corinthians 15

I Corinthians 15:1-11 – Preaching Christ’s resurrection
- See Luke 24:44.
- I Corinthians 15:5 – See Luke 24:34. We do not have a direct record of Peter seeing the risen Jesus, but the two on the road also referenced this. “The twelve” here is a figure of speech (“adjournment”). There were not precisely twelve apostles at this time.
- I Corinthians 15:7 – See Acts 1:2-3.
I Corinthians 15:12-19 – Everything depends upon Christ’s resurrection (and resurrection in general).
- I Corinthians 15:12-14 – Apparently some in Corinth erroneously believed there was no resurrection.
- I Corinthians 15:19 – If Christ is not raised, we are in a terrible spot!
I Corinthians 15:20-28 – Christ leads the way.
- I Corinthians 15:24 – Compare John 1:1-5.
I Corinthians 15:29-32 – If the dead are not raised.
- I Corinthians 15:29 – Facts:
  - Baptism is an individual’s response to the gospel. (Mark 16:15-16; Acts 2:38)
  - Each person will be judged according to what he or she has done, not based on what someone else has done. (Romans 14:12; II Corinthians 5:10; Ezekiel 18:20)
  - In Luke 16:19-31, the dead man was not able to switch places in the afterlife.
  - Baptism doesn’t always refer to water baptism. It can refer to immersion in persecution/suffering (Luke 12:50; Mark 10:39). Suffering is in the context of I Corinthians 15:30, 32.
  - Therefore, I Corinthians 15:29 CAN’T be teaching us to be baptized for the salvation of those who are already daed.