1 Corinthians 15:18 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:18

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

KJV

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

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Commentary

3 voices

Thomas Aquinas

Commentary on 1 Corinthians (1274)

922. – But because someone could say: although faith does not cleanse sins, they can be cleansed by good works. Therefore, he adds a second incongruity, namely, that the dead, who cannot be cleansed in the other life, have perished without hope of salvation. And …

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

They also which are fallen asleep - All those who, either by martyrdom or natural death, have departed in the faith of our Lord Jesus Christ, are perished; their hope was without foundation, and their faith had not reason and truth for its object. Their bodies are dissolved in the earth, finally decomposed and destroyed, notwithstanding the promise of Christ to such, that he would raise them up at the last day. See Joh 5:25, Joh 5:28, Joh 5:29; Joh 11:25, Joh 11:26, etc.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2287: “"If There Is No Resurrection"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1892)

OUR religion is not based upon opinions, but upon facts. We hear persons sometimes saying, "Those are your views, and these are ours." Whatever your "views" may be, is a small matter—what are the facts of the case? We must, after all, if we want a firm foundation, come down to matters of fact.

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Original language & word study

7 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἄρα	ara	Then	G686 →
καὶ	kai	also	G2532 →
οἱ	hoi	those	G3588 →
κοιμηθέντες	koimēthentes	having fallen asleep	G2837 →
ἐν	en	in	G1722 →
Χριστῷ	Christō	Christ	G5547 →
ἀπώλοντο.	apōlonto	have perished.	G622 →

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to…
leads to
- 1 Corinthians 15:51–52
  Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
- Revelation 1:7
  Behold, He is coming with the clouds, and every eye will see Him—even those who pierced Him. And all the tribes of the earth will mourn because of Him. So shall it be! Amen.
- Matthew 24:30–31
  At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds…
- 1 Corinthians 15:23
  But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
- Matthew 16:27
  For the Son of Man will come in His Father’s glory with His angels, and then He will repay each one according to what he has done.
Through
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven telling me to write, “Blessed are the dead—those who die in the Lord from this moment on.” “Yes,” says the Spirit, “they will rest from their labors,…
leads to
- Revelation 20:6
  Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him…
- 1 Thessalonians 5:10
  He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.
- 2 Timothy 4:7–8
  I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith.