1 Corinthians 15:22

For as it was by Adam, that all men die, so also by the Messiah they all live:

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

In Context

21And as by a man came death, so also by a man came the reviviscence of the dead.

23every one in his order; the Messiah was the first-fruits; afterwards, they that are the Messiah's, at his coming.

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Cross References

Romans 5:12As by means of one man, sin entered into the world, and, by means of sin, death; and so death passed upon all the sons of men, inasmuch as they all have sinned:

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 →

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