1 Corinthians 15:23
But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ’s at his coming.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
In Context
22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:19Your dead shall live. Their dead bodies shall arise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust; for your dew is like the dew of herbs, and the earth will cast out the departed spirits.
1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do you look at things only as they appear in front of your face? If anyone trusts in himself that he is Christ’s, let him consider this again with himself, that even as he is Christ’s, so we also are Christ’s.
Galatians 5:24Those who belong to Christ have crucified the flesh with its passions and lusts.
1 Thessalonians 4:15For this we tell you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who are left until the coming of the Lord, will in no way precede 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 →