I Corinthians 15 is a difficult chapter. Paul preaches the reality of the resurrection in words that have mystified Christians for centuries. Modern revelation has elucidated such concepts as baptism for the dead and bodies with the glory of the sun and the moon and the stars, but much in his argument still remains clouded.
corruption incorruption
weakness power
natural body spiritual body
living soul quickened spirit
natural spiritual
of the earth/earthy from heaven
bear the image bear the image
of the earthy of the heavenly
mortal immortal
If Corinthians 15 were the only chapter on the topic available to us it would be extremely difficult to get a clear picture of what the resurrection really is. Reading this chapter in terms of the resurrection being a physical resurrection of the body with spirit in its veins and not blood, with all corruption and mortality removed from it, is certainly no wresting of the text, but it's also not the only possible reading of the text. Plain and precious things are missing here.
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