1 Corinthians 15:46

Now it is not the spiritual which is first, but the animal, and then the spiritual.

Montgomery New Testament

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

45Thus it is written. The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit.

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Cross References

Romans 6:6For this we know, that our old self was crucified with Christ, in order that the slave of sin might be destroyed; so that we should no longer be in slavery to sin -

Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, but strip off the old self with its doings,

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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