1 Corinthians 15:23
But every one in his own order: the firstfruits Christ, then they that are of Christ, who have believed in his coming.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
In Context
22And as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all shall be made alive.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead men shall live, my slain shall rise again: awake, and give praise, ye that dwell in the dust: for thy dew is the dew of the light: and the land of the giants thou shalt pull down into ruin.
1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep :
2 Corinthians 10:7See the things that are according to outward appearance. If any man trust to himself, that he is Christ's, let him think this again with himself, that as he is Christ's, so are we also.
Galatians 5:24And they that are Christ's, have crucified their flesh, with the vices and concupiscences.
1 Thessalonians 4:15For the Lord himself shall come down from heaven with commandment, and with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead who are in Christ, shall rise first.
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 →