1 Corinthians 15:45

43 It is sown in dishonour; 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. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

46 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

47 The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord 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 as the Father raiseth up the dead, and quickeneth them; even so the Son quickeneth whom he will.

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  • Genesis 2:7

    And the LORD God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

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  • Romans 8:2

    For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus hath made me free from the law of sin and death.

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  • Romans 8:10–11

    And if Christ be in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

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  • Romans 5:12–14

    Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:

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  • John 6:63

    It is the spirit that quickeneth; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I speak unto you, they are spirit, and they are life.

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  • John 14:6

    Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, the truth, and the life: no man cometh unto the Father, but by me.

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  • John 6:39–40

    And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

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