1 Corinthians 15:46

However, the spiritual is not first, but the animal; and afterwards the spiritual.

1770 John Worsley NT

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

45And so it is written, "The first man Adam was made a living soul." But the last Adam is an enlivening spirit.

47The first man being made out of the earth, was earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

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Cross References

Romans 6:6Knowing this, that our old man is crucified with Him, that the body of sin might be destroyed, that we might no longer be inslaved to sin:

Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, seeing ye have put off the old man with his evil 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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