1 Corinthians 15:45

43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.

46 The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

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BSB
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
KJV
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
WEB
So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
ASV
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
DARBY
Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
BLB
So also it has been written: “The first man Adam became into a living soul;” the last Adam into a life-giving spirit.
ÅB
Slik er det og skrevet: Det første menneske, Adam, ble til en levende sjel; den siste Adam er blitt til en levendegjørende ånd.
OTB
Som det står skrevet: "Det første mennesket, Adam, ble levende." og den siste Adam ble en livgivende ånd.
B1930
Således er det og skrevet: Det første menneske, Adam, blev til en levende sjel; den siste Adam er blitt til en levendegjørende ånd.

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

  • John 5:21

    For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom He wishes.

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  • Genesis 2:7

    Then the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground and breathed the breath of life into his nostrils, and the man became a living being.

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  • Romans 8:2

    For in Christ Jesus the law of the Spirit of life set you free from the law of sin and death.

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  • Romans 8:10–11

    But if Christ is in you, your body is dead because of sin, yet your spirit is alive because of righteousness.

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  • Romans 5:12–14

    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

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  • John 6:63

    The Spirit gives life; the flesh profits nothing. The words I have spoken to you are spirit and they are life.

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  • John 14:6

    Jesus answered, “I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through Me.

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  • John 6:39–40

    And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day.

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