1 Corinthians 15:46

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

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

45So also is it written: " Adam, the first man, became a living soul;" the second Adam became a quickening spirit.

47The first man was of dust from the earth; the second man was 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, and we be no more servants to sin:

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

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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