1 Corinthians 15:20 — King James Version← Study notes
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.”
1 Corinthians 15:20 — Greek Interlinear
Greek · 1 Corinthians 15:209 words
ℹGreek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:20
“But now has Christ been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of them that are asleep.” Having signified how great mischiefs are bred from not believing the resurrection, he takes up the discourse again, and says, “But now has Christ been raised from the dead;” continually adding, “from the dead,” so as to stop the mouths of the heretics. “The first-fruits of them that slept.” But if their first-fruits, then themselves also, must needs rise again. Whereas if he were…
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