1 Corinthians 15:23
But, each, in his own rank:—A firstfruit, Christ, after that, they who are the Christ’s, in his presence,
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
In Context
22For, just as, in the Adam, all die, so, also, in the Christ, shall all be made alive.
Cross References
Isaiah 26:19Thy dead, shall come to life again, My dead body, they shall arise,—Awake and shout for joy, ye that dwell in the dust For, a dew of light, is thy dew, And, earth, to the shades shall give birth.
1 Corinthians 15:20But, now, hath Christ been raised from among the dead,—a firstfruit of them who have fallen asleep;
2 Corinthians 10:7The things that lie on the surface, ye are looking at:—if anyone hath come to trust in himself that he is, Christ’s, this, let him reckon, again, with himself—that, even as, he, is Christ’s, so, also are, we.
Galatians 5:24And, they who are of Christ Jesus, have crucified, the flesh, with its susceptibilities and covetings.
1 Thessalonians 4:15For, this, unto you, do we say, by a word of the Lord,—that, we, the living who are left unto the Presence of the Lord, shall in nowise get before them who have fallen asleep;
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 →