1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his own order. Christ the first fruit, then those of Christ at his coming.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
In Context
22For as by Adam all die, so also by Christ all will be made alive.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead shall live. My dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, ye who dwell in the dust, for thy dew is [as] the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast forth the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do ye look at things according to appearance. If any man has convinced himself to be of Christ, let him consider this again of himself, that, as he is of Christ, so also are we of Christ.
Galatians 5:24And those of the Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and the lusts.
1 Thessalonians 4:15For this we say to you in the word of Lord, that we who are alive, who remain for the coming of the Lord, will no, not precede those who became asleep.
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 →