1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
In The King James Version
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
In Context
46The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat your bread, until you return to the ground— because out of it were you taken. For dust you are, and to dust you shall return.”
Jeremiah 23:6In His days Judah will be saved, and Israel will dwell securely. And this is His name by which He will be called: The LORD Our Righteousness.
Luke 1:16Many of the sons of Israel he will turn back to the Lord their God.
John 3:12If I have told you about earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?
John 6:33For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
1 Corinthians 15:45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
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 →