Jesus is the FIRSTBORN Among many BRETHREN!
***What Does 1 Corinthians 15:20-28 TRULY mean?
Here is 1 Corinthians 15:1-4,19-28 from the KJV.
1 Corinthians 15:1. “Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the GOSPEL, which I preached unto you, which also you have RECEIVED, and wherein you STAND.
1 Corinthians 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.
1 Corinthians 15:4. And that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day, according to the Scriptures: …
…1 Corinthians 15:19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
1 Corinthians 15:21. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:22. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Corinthians 15:23. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward, they that are Christ’s at his coming.
1 Corinthians 15:25. For he must reign, until He hath put all enemies under his feet.
1 Corinthians 15:26. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.
Notice in verse 2 that the Apostle Paul is preaching the GOSPEL by which we are SAVED, if we keep in memory of what the Apostles of Jesus teach.
Now, all Christians know and understand that what Paul teaches in 1 Corinthians 15:3-18 is part of the gospel, but only some Christians know and understand that 1 Corinthians 15:19-28 is also part of the GOSPEL, by which we are saved if we keep in memory of what the Apostles of Jesus teach.
So then, Jesus BECOMING the FIRSTFRUITS of those who had died in Jesus is indeed a PART of the GOSPEL by which we are SAVED.
And as you will see as you read this Verse Study, there are many things that you may have never noticed before.
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