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Originally Posted by UntoHim
Barnes continues:
The word "spirit," here applied to Christ, is in contradistinction from "a living being," as applied to Adam, and seems to be used in the sense of spirit of life, as raising the bodies of his people from the dead, and imparting life to them.
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Okay, Paul grew up with the Pharisee belief in the resurrection. And the mystery Paul is explaining to the Corinthians is that Christ is the life giver in that resurrection, and the changer of the bodies of the living believers into incorruptible spiritual bodies.
All the rest is Paul's style and flourish. Which we know Paul is no stranger to by his : "I knew a man in Christ above fourteen years ago ..." in his 2nd letter to the Corinthians.
So we shouldn't allow the details to hang us up. It's a mystery ... still ... even today ... just as it was back then.
Can we live with a mystery?
Or do we go with those like Lee? who claim they have the answer to Paul's mystery? with silly non-essential, worthless trivia, like: 15:45 means Christ is the Holy Spirit?