1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is written, The first man, Adam, was made a living being; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

In Context

44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

46Yet, it is not that which is spiritual that is first, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

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Cross References

John 1:4In him was life; and the life was the light of men.

John 4:14But whoever drinks of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall be in him a well of water springing up into eternal life.

John 5:25Truly, truly, I say to you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and those who hear shall live.

John 6:39And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up on the last day.

John 6:57As the living Father sent me, and I live by the Father: so he who eats me shall live because of me.

John 6:68Then Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? you have the words of eternal life.

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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