Jensens survey of the old testament adam 467
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F. LOVE (12:316—13:13)
Henry Alford describes this chapter on
love as “a pure and perfect gem, perhaps the
noblest assemblage of beautiful thoughts in
beautiful language extant in this our
world.”18 All will agree that the beauty of
this literary masterpiece is excelled by the
importance of its message.
An outline suggested for this threeparagraph chapter is this:
Values of Love (13:1-3) —
shown by its absence
Characteristics of Love (13:4-7)
— shown by its presence
Abiding Nature of Love (13:813) — shown by comparison
How is this chapter related to its
surrounding chapters (discussed earlier)?
G. RESURRECTION BODY (15:1-58)
This chapter is a classic Bible passage on
the doctrine of the resurrection body. When
the Corinthians asked Paul questions about
the resurrection, the apostle surely
diagnosed those doubts as a main root of all
their problems. Thus his conclusion to the
resurrection chapter is also a conclusion to
all the preceding chapters about problems.
The following background helps to explain
why the doctrine of the resurrection-body
was foreign to the Corinthians’ thinking:
In general the Greeks believed in
the immortality of the soul, but
they
did
not
accept
the
resurrection of the body. To them
the resurrection of the body was
unthinkable in view of the fact
that they held the body to be the
source of man’s weakness and sin.
Death,
therefore,
was
very
welcome, since by it the soul
would be liberated from the body;
but resurrection was not welcome,
because this would constitute
another descent of the soul into the
grave of the body.19
CHART 72
The following outline shows the approach
Paul took in answering the Corinthians’
questions.
The resurrection body (15:1-58)
Question: “Is there a resurrection of the
dead?” (15:12)
Answer: The Fact of the Bodily
Resurrection (15:1-34)
1. Declaration: Christ was raised, 1-11
