1 Corinthians 15:23
every one in his order; the Messiah was the first-fruits; afterwards, they that are the Messiah's, at his coming.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
In Context
22For as it was by Adam, that all men die, so also by the Messiah they all live:
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:20But now the Messiah hath risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.
2 Corinthians 10:7Do ye look on outward appearances? If any one is confident in himself that he is of the Messiah, let him know, from himself, that as he is of the Messiah, so also are we.
Galatians 5:24And they who are of the Messiah, have crucified their flesh, with all its passions and its cravings.
1 Thessalonians 4:15And this we say to you, by the word of our Lord, that we who may survive and be alive, at the coming of our Lord, shall not precede them 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 →