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(1 Corinthians 15:20-25)

Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-25.

Why were some people in the Corinthian church saying (v. 12) that there is no resurrection from the dead? How might this belief affect a Chrisitan who held it?

What is the point of verse 13—isn’t it redundant (see also verse 16)?

What hinges on the fact that Christ has been raised from the dead? (Limit yours answer(s) to this question to what you see in verses 14-18.)

Why (v. 19) are “we” to be pitied more than all people if the dead are not raised?

Read verse 20. If someone challenged you to back up the claim made in this verse, how would you do it?

In verse 21, is Paul claiming that Jesus was a man and not God?

Is the “since this/then that” statement in verse 21 merely saying, “Since a man broke it, a man has got to fix it,” or is there more to it than that? And, if so, what?

Does verse 22 mean that all people will be saved? Explain your answer.

Explain why verse 23 is important, and how it would have given fresh insight to the Christians reading this letter.

What does Paul mean by “the end” in verse 24? Will everything be over at this point?

What difference to us does it make that Jesus has been resurrected—that is, that the resurrection has begun?

Paul refers to Ps. 8:6 in verses 25 and 27. (Psalm 8 was one of the early church’s favorite psalms.) Why is this reference important? Does it have anything to do with the rest of us?

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