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xuriyirz, if ye keep ) If here implies a hope, as is evident from what follows, unless , etc.
1 3. ’Ey vpdroig, among the primary things') The things, which are of greatest importance, ought to be taught among the first things. the lxx., h npdroig, i.e. in old time ; 2 Sam. xx.
18 : but, first , in Deut. xiii. 9, and so here. — rrapeXd^ov, I received) from Christ Himself, what I have spoken is no fiction, 2 Pet. i. 16. — on, that) Paul says that he had declared among the first points of faith, not only the resurrection of Christ, but also the resurrection of the dead, which flows from it ; and the Corin- thians believed in these doctrines, before they were baptised in the name of Christ, who was crucified for them, and so also died and rose again, i. 13 : comp. Heb. vi. 2. — vn'sp, for) a very effec- tive expression, which means, for taking away our sins , Gal. i. 4; 1 Pet. ii. 24; 1 John iii. 5. So vrrzp, Heb. v. 3; comp. Tit. ii. 14; Luke i. 71-71; 2 Cor. v. 15. — a^apnuv, sins) on account of which we had deserved death , ver. 17. — ypacpdg , Scrip- tures) Many things are said in Scripture respecting the death of Christ. Paul puts the testimony of Scripture before the testi- mony of those, who saw the Lord after His resurrection.
4. ’E rdprij He ivas buried) Matt. xii. 40. [ Here the burial of Christ is more closely connected with His resurrection, than with His death. Assuredly , about the very moment of His death , the power of His life incapable of dissolution exerted itself 1 Pet. iii. 18 ; Matt, xxvii. 52. The grave was to Christ the Lord not the destined receptacle of corruption , but an apartment fitted for enter- ing into life , Acts ii. 26. — V. g.] — l yiiysprai, was raised again [ rose agaiiif) This enlarging on the resurrection of Christ is the more suitable on this account, that the epistle was written about the time of the passover; ch. v. 7, note. We must urge the weight of the subject of the resurrection , inasmuch as it is one which is made light of in the present day under various pretexts. — xard rag ypacpdg, according to the Scriptures) which could not but be fulfilled.
5. Krjpa, of Cephas) Luke xxiv. 34. — h&bzxa, twelve) Luke xxiv. 36. It is probable that Matthias was then also present. Photius in his Amphilochia and others read svbsxa.2
1 ’E/xij, in vain — a melancholy term, Gal. ii. 2, iii. 4, iv. 11. — Vg.
2D corrected later, Gfg. Vulg. and MSS., alluded to in Augustine,
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