1 Corinthians 15:35-58 | Bible Study Questions
Observation
What does it say?
- Who is Paul talking to?
- List repeated words, comparisons, and contrasts.
- List all the citations/allusions. (Citation: Direct quote from the scripture & Allusion: Not directly quoting but alluding to a similar idea or theme usually from Old Testament)
- Do you see any command or exhortation in this text?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- What do Paul’s examples of seeds, different kind of flesh and heavenly bodies teach us about the nature of our resurrected bodies?
- “The sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law”. What does this mean? How is the sting of death removed? (v 56)
- How and by whom God gives us victory?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- How does knowing we will bear the image of man of heaven (v.49) shape the way we live now?
- Paul says that death has lost its sting (v.55) how should this affect the way we view life and death?
- How can the hope of resurrection shape the way we spend our time, use our talents and serve other?
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1 Corinthians 15:35-58 | Bible Study Questions
Observation
What does it say?
- Who is Paul talking to?
- List repeated words, comparisons, and contrasts.
- List all the citations/allusions. (Citation: Direct quote from the scripture & Allusion: Not directly quoting but alluding to a similar idea or theme usually from Old Testament)
- Do you see any command or exhortation in this text?
INTERPRETATION
What does it mean?
- What do Paul’s examples of seeds, different kind of flesh and heavenly bodies teach us about the nature of our resurrected bodies?
- “The sting of death is sin and the power of sin is the law”. What does this mean? How is the sting of death removed? (v 56)
- How and by whom God gives us victory?
APPLICATION
How should it change us?
- How does knowing we will bear the image of man of heaven (v.49) shape the way we live now?
- Paul says that death has lost its sting (v.55) how should this affect the way we view life and death?
- How can the hope of resurrection shape the way we spend our time, use our talents and serve other?