1 Corinthians 15:22
For as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all will be made alive.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
In Context
21For since death is because of a man, the resurrection of the dead is also because of a man.
23But each in his own order. Christ the first fruit, then those of Christ at his coming.
Cross References
Genesis 2:17but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil, thou shall not eat of it. For in the day that thou eat of it thou shall surely die.
Genesis 3:19In the sweat of thy face thou shall eat bread, till thou return to the ground, for out of it thou were taken. For thou are dust, and to dust thou shall return.
Romans 5:12Because of this, just as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin, so also death passed to all men, in that all sinned.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:21-35
The Resurrection of Christ; The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive. 23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming. 24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he… Read the whole commentary →