1 Corinthians 15:45
That is what is meant by the words — ‘Adam, the first man, became a human being’; the last Adam became a Life-giving spirit.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
In Context
44As surely as there is a human body, there is also a spiritual body.
46That which comes first is not the spiritual, but the human; afterwards comes the spiritual;
Cross References
John 1:4That which came into being in him was Life; and the Life was the Light of Man;
John 4:14but whoever once drinks of the water that I will give him shall never thirst any more; but the water that I will give him shall become a spring welling up within him — a source of Immortal Life.”
John 5:25In truth I tell you that a time is coming, indeed it is already here, when the Dead will listen to the voice of the Son of God, and when those who listen will live.
John 6:39and his will is this — that I should not lose one of all those whom he has given me, but should raise them up at the Last Day.
John 6:57As the Living Father sent me as his Messenger, and as I live because the Father lives, so he who takes me for his food shall live because I live.
John 6:68But Simon Peter answered: “Master, to whom shall we go? Immortal Life is in your teaching;
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 →