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Question:The Resurrection of the Dead : 1st Corinthians 15: 13 -19

12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

How does philosophy interpret the above Bible passage written by the Apostle Paul?


Best Answer - Chosen by Asker: The Resurrection of the Dead : 1st Corinthians 15: 13 -19

12But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. 18Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost. 19If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are to be pitied more than all men.

How does philosophy interpret the above Bible passage written by the Apostle Paul?

Philosophy itself means knowledge with love. It cant stand on without one of the elements. When Apostle Paul wrote this he actually wanted to achieve the goal of expressing the truth to bring the people back on the right path(with love), but not in the direct form (He understood the human nature who like to listen to a more complex form of interpretation to accept sth)but through knowledge. If we read on the chapter, we will find tat Paul was very sure abt the resurrection tat brings hope to people. Only when we r sure abt sth, den we r courageous engh to interprete a thing in a opposite perspective. Eg when we want to explain to our friend abt a tin but he o she doesnt believe in us, then we will say if i m kinda person u mention i ve ady left u alone to bear the consequence alone. (-ve statement but to convey +ve msg) Compare to Isaiah 53:1(written around 8th century B.C), whic said abt people who dont believe in the gospel,then whom God's love to b shown to? It wasnt to say God doesnt show His lov 2 us. This statement told us He loves us but the problem is we dun accept His lov. The same applied to the statement by Paul. It was x saying Jesus didnt ressurrect. He had resurrected and the prob is we dont believe the truth. We f knowledge but we don understand wats lov(meaning of resurrection: hope n love by God), tats y still a lot of archaeologists who dont believ in resurrection r stil all-heartedly looking for His body or remains.
Jesus said,"I m the way, the truth and the life." (John 14:6)
Truth, a far much deeper 'knowledge' philosophy can explain.

It does not bother with fairy tales.

He arose from the dead lol, not ressurected. and accended into heaven..

If Jesus hadn't been resurrected then noneone will achieve salvation. Philosophy is not religion and vice versa.