The Resurrection as Vindication — 1 Corinthians 15

1Cor 15:3-8 preserves the earliest creed: "Christ died for our sins... was buried... was raised on the third day... and appeared." Paul stakes the whole faith on it: "if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile" (15:17).

N.T. Wright — The Resurrection of the Son of God, and Athanasius — On the Incarnation. The resurrection is the Father's vindication of the crucified Son.

The Adam-Christ contrast of 15:22 ties back to Rom 5:18, and the resurrection body of 1Cor 15:42-44 anchors Christian hope for the believer's own glorification promised in Rom 8:30.