1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man, being earthly, was of the earth; the second man, being heavenly, will be of heaven.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
In Context
46So what is, at first, not spiritual, but animal, next becomes spiritual.
48Such things as are like the earth are earthly; and such things as are like the heavens are heavenly.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the earth from which you were taken. For dust you are, and unto dust you shall return.”
Jeremiah 23:6In those days, Judah will be saved, and Israel will live in confidence. And this is the name that they will call him: ‘The Lord, our Just One.’
Luke 1:16And he will convert many of the sons of Israel to the Lord their God.
John 3:12If I have spoken to you about earthly things, and you have not believed, then how will you believe, if I will speak to you about heavenly things?
John 6:33For the bread of God is he who descends from heaven and gives life to the world.”
1 Corinthians 15:45Just as it was written that the first man, Adam, was made with a living soul, so shall the last Adam be made with a spirit brought back to life.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:36-51
The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,… Read the whole commentary →