1 Corinthians 15:23

Then cometh the end,.... Or "after that the end", the end of all things; either at the close of the thousand years, when the wicked dead will be raised last, and the final state of all men will openly…

But every man - Everyone, including Christ as well as others. In his own order - In his proper order, rank, place, time. The word τάγμα tagma usually relates to military order or array; to the…

But every man in his own order - The apostle mentions three orders here:

1. Christ, who rose from the dead by his own power.

2. Them that are Christ's; all his apostles, martyrs, confessors, and…

In this passage the apostle establishes the truth of the resurrection of the dead, the holy dead, the dead in Christ,

I. On the resurrection of Christ. 1. Because he is indeed the first-fruits of…

But every man in his own order This explains why the last verb in 1Co 15:15 is in the future. Christ's resurrection must necessarily precede in order the resurrection of the rest of mankind, for as in…