1 Corinthians 15:23

but each in his own order; Christ the first-fruit, afterward, those who are Christ’s at his coming.

Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament

In The King James Version

But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.

In Context

22For, as in Adam all die, so, also, in Christ shall all be made alive:

24Then comes the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down every principality and authority and power:

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:20But now, Christ has risen from the dead, the first-fruits of those who slept.

2 Corinthians 10:7Do you look on things according to the outward appearance? If any one trusts in himself, that he is Christ’s, let him again reason thus of himself: that as he is Christ’s, so also are we.

Galatians 5:24Now those who are Christ’s have crucified the flesh with its passions and desires.

1 Thessalonians 4:15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we, the living, who remain till the coming of the Lord, shall not precede those who are 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 →

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