1 Corinthians 15:23
every one in his order: the first-fruits was the Meshiha; afterward they who are of the Meshiha at his coming.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
In Context
22For as in Adam all men die, so also in the Meshiha are all made alive:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:20BUT now hath the Meshiha risen from among the dead, and become the first-fruits of those who sleep.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do we regard persons? If any man confide in himself that he is of the Meshiha, let this one know of himself, that as he is of the Meshiha, so also are we.
Galatians 5:24But they who are of the Meshiha have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its lusts:
1 Thessalonians 4:15But this we say to you by the word of our Lord, that we who remaining at the coming of our Lord, who live, will not precede those who have slept.
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 →