Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
Romans 8:11).
raised up--rather, "raised," to distinguish it from "will raise up us"; the Greek of the latter being a compound, the former a simple verb. Believers shall be raised up out of the rest of the dead (see on Philippians 3:11); the first resurrection (Revelation 20:5).
us--Here he speaks of the possibility of his being found in the grave when Christ comes; elsewhere, of his being possibly found alive (1 Thessalonians 4:17). In either event, the Lord's coming rather than death is the great object of the Christian's expectation (Romans 8:19).
Other commentary entries containing this verse:
1 Corinthians 6:9
1 Corinthians 6:12
2 Corinthians 4:14
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