1 Corinthians 15:46

Nevertheless, it is not what is spiritual that came first, but what is animal; what is spiritual came afterwards.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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

45In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

47The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.

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Cross References

Romans 6:6This we know--that our old self was nailed to the cross with Him, in order that our sinful nature might be deprived of its power, so that we should no longer be the slaves of sin;

Colossians 3:9Do not speak falsehoods to one another, for you have stripped off the old self with its doings,

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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