Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on 1 Corinthians 15:18

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18. fallen asleep in Christ —in communion with Christ as His members. "In Christ's case the term used is death, to assure us of the reality of His suffering; in our case, sleep, to give us consolation: In His case, His resurrection having actually taken place, Paul shrinks not from the term death; in ours, the resurrection being still only a matter of hope, he uses the term falling asleep " [PHOTIUS, Quæstiones Amphilochiæ, 197]. perished —Their souls are lost; they are in misery in the unseen world. return to ' Top of Page ' <a name="verse-19" class="com-number"

Pericope (part_of)

• part_of pericope/per-1co-15-002

절 (explains)

bible-text/1co-15-18

Source

• source-manifest/jfb — Jamieson-Fausset-Brown (PD)
• evidence_grade: T_theological