As a way to prepare for Easter, I invite you to join me on a 58 day journey through the 58 verses of 1 Corinthians 15 in Greek. Below is a link to the video. Click here for the previous video on 1 Cor 15:17 and click here for the next video on 1 Cor 15:19.
Below is a link to a PDF version of the PowerPoint used in the above video.
1 Corinthians 15:18
18 ἄρα καὶ οἱ κοιμηθέντες ἐν Χριστῷ ἀπώλοντο.
18 then those who have fallen asleep in Christ are also lost.
ἄρα – transitional/inferential particle expressing result. BDAG notes that it is used here “to emphasize a further result, and continues the apodosis of vs. 17” (BDAG 2.a.).
καὶ – additive/adjunctive conj. [W671].
οἱ κοιμηθέντες – nom. subj. of main verb; art-adj-substv-ptc [aor-pass-ptc-masc-pl-nom-κοιμάω]. BDAG notes that this verb in the NT is always in the passive voice with an active meaning. Euphemism for dying.
ἐν Χριστῷ – prep. phrase. Adjectivally modifies οἱ κοιμηθέντες attributively.
ἀπώλοντο. – main verb [pres-mid-ind-3-p-απόλλυμι].
Dr. Timothy J. Christian 
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