1 Corinthians 15:46

But the spiritual was not first, but the animal; and then the spiritual.

The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge

In The King James Version

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

In Context

45as also it is written, Adam the first man became a living soul, and the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

47The first man who is of the earth is dust, the second man the Lord from heaven.

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Cross References

Romans 6:6For we know that our old man is crucified with him, that the body of sin might be abolished, that more we should not serve sin.

Colossians 3:9and lie not one to another, but put off the old man with all his manners,

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 →

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