1 Corinthians 15:47
the first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from heaven.
Open English Bible (US)
In The King James Version
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.
In Context
46That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterward comes the spiritual;
Cross References
Genesis 3:19By the sweat of your brow you will eat bread, until you return to the ground, for from it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you will return!”
Luke 1:16and will reconcile many of the Israelites to the Lord their God.
John 3:12If, when I tell you earthly things, you do not believe me, how will you believe me when I tell you of heavenly things?
John 6:33for the bread that God gives is that which comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.”
1 Corinthians 15:45That is what is meant by the words – ‘Adam, the first man, became a human being’; the last Adam became 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 →