1 Corinthians 15:46

but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.

Young's Literal Translation

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

45so also it hath been written, 'The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam [is] for a life-giving spirit,

47The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;

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Cross References

Romans 6:6this knowing, that our old man was crucified with [him], that the body of the sin may be made useless, for our no longer serving the sin;

Colossians 3:9Lie not one to another, having put off the old man with his 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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