v.25 Must Reign - Jesus shall have brought complete authority back to a world that was in rebellion to God.
 Enemies Under His Feet - This became a figure of speech to convey authority exerted over another. This practice was common in ancient times when a conquering King would literally have the defeated ruler bow to the ground and the King would place his foot upon his neck.
 v.26 The Last Enemy - The thought here is that at the conclusion of the resurrection and the banishment of those who will experience the eternal judgement of the second death, (Rev. 21:8) death will be completely out of the realm of possibility in the new heavens and earth.
 v.27 Him Is Excepted - Paul includes this lest there would be any confusion about the submission of the eternal Son in relationship to the Heavenly Father.
 v.28 Son Himself - This reveals that even within the essence of God there is equality in the Godhead yet a difference of roles in His own self expression. Just as a human is one, yet within himself there is an order of command or function in relationship to the spirit, soul and body.
 God May Be All In All -This seems to indicate that after the completion of the redemption of the Bride of Christ, the Godhead, Father, Son and Holy Spirit, there will be expressed in a dimension of unity that will be realized after the completion of the redemptive work of the Son.

  ......Effects Of Denying The Resurrection......
                  (Verses 29-34)
 v.29 Baptized For the Dead - This has consistently been a difficult passage to interpret because it seems to be out of harmony with what is generally taught about baptism. This verse sounds as if a person could vicariously or by proxy, be baptized for a person who was ready dead. That a person would feel it was necessary to do so seems to be rooted in the belief that baptism was the means of salvation. This concept of baptismal regeneration is not taught in scripture. What is taught is that a person is born again by putting faith in Jesus Christ which is then followed by water baptism as a public declaration of that faith. What seems to have occurred at Corinth was the practice of being baptized for those who had believed in Christ and had died prior to baptism. This is only one of several guesses on this obscure passage. However in this passage Paul does not sanction it's practice, he simply refers to it to show how inconsistent their actions were if there was no belief in a resurrection for the believers who had died.
 v.30 Stand In Jeopardy - Paul asks those who doubt the resurrection to give a logical reason why Paul would be willing to live in constant danger to proclaim it if he knew it wasn't really true.
 v.31 I Affirm - This word in Greek was used when a person sought to swore something to be true or to make an important and strong statement in regards to an issue.
The Boasting - Paul points out that the glory and boasting he has in Jesus Christ is rooted in his willingness to suffer a daily death to everything that would keep him from proclaiming the resurrection of Jesus Christ. In fact it is only because of this attitude and for this reason that the people he was writing to ever became believers. If they deny the resurrection they are denying one of the truths that propelled Paul to come and preach to them, leading them to Jesus Christ.
  v.32 Manner of Men - Paul makes reference to fighting wild beasts which most likely involved some punishment he was given for preaching the gospel at Ephesus. Some however see this as a figurative statement since as a Roman citizen Paul would be legally protected from facing this type of judgement. However, he makes clear he did not place himself in such danger because of any natural motivation of man but rather because he was willing to proclaim the truth of the gospel at any cost.

What Advantage - Paul tries to impress upon those who doubted the resurrection that to make ones self vulnerable to such dangers simply to proclaim lies was logically not worth the risks. v.33 Do Not Be Deceived - Paul seeks to open the eyes of those he is trying to restore to spiritual soundness. Paul warns here that teaching they had come under that questioned the reliability of the resurrection would soon result in a corrupted and misguided life. Beliefs do ultimately manifest themselves in behavior.
Evil Company - Paul uses a common proverb used among the Greeks that originated with Menander, a Greek poet. The warning is obvious. If these believers continue to allow themselves to be influenced by bad doctrine it will undermine their walk with Christ.

 v.34 Awake to Righteousness - This word for awake was commonly used by Greeks to refer to someone who was waking up from a deep sleep or sobering up from being drunk.
Not Sin - Paul again links bad doctrine with a bad life.
Your Shame - It was a disgrace upon the church that there was such a pervasive ignorance about God as revealed in their doubt about God being able to resurrect the dead. +