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Q~ If all the world is guilty before God, then is everyone under the law?~Q That is what Romans 3 says. It is the unavoidable conclusion of the whole chapter. Verse 8b, Paul condemns “some who blaspheme and say … Let us do evil (transgress the Law) that good may come of it.” [kathohs blasphehmoumeth...

1 Cor 15:3b-4 "... Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, and that He was buried, and that He rose again the third day according to the Scriptures" Nowhere in the pre-Pauline scriptures there is anything about someone rising on the third day. But it seems our interpolator k...

Outhouse wrote: Nowhere in the pre-Pauline scriptures there is anything about someone rising on the third day My understanding is that 1 Cor. 15:4 ("he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures") is based on Hos. 6:2. Likewise it seems reasonable to suppose that 1 Cor. 15:3 ...

Jesus had ascended to heaven ten days before Pentecost. Paul speaks of Jesus' appearances as the risen Christ before his ascension. Luke, Paul's associate, recorded no appearance of Jesus on Pentecost. It is therefore reasonable that 1 Corinthians 15:6 means 500 brethren and not Pentecost. Paul coul...