1 Corinthians 15:23
But every one in his own order; Christ the first-fruits, afterward they that are Christ's, at his coming.
Noyes Bible
In The King James Version
In Context
22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ will all be made alive.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:19O might thy dead live again, Might the dead bodies of my people arise! Awake, and sing, ye that dwell in the dust! For thy dew is like the dew upon plants, And the earth shall bring forth her dead.”
1 Corinthians 15:20But now hath Christ risen from the dead, the first-fruits of them that have fallen asleep.
2 Corinthians 10:7Ye look at the outward appearance. If any one trusteth to himself that he belongeth to Christ, let him of himself consider this again, that as he belongeth to Christ, so also do we.
Galatians 5:24And they who belong to Christ Jesus crucified the flesh with the passions and lusts.
1 Thessalonians 4:15For this we say to you in the word of the Lord, that we who are living, we who are left till the coming of the Lord, shall not anticipate those who have fallen 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 →