1 Corinthians 15:46
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.
45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
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.
48 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
- KJV
- Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
- WEB
- However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
- ASV
- Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
- DARBY
- But that which is spiritual [was] not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:
- BLB
- But the spiritual [was] not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.
- ÅB
- Men det åndelige er ikke det første, men det naturlige, deretter det åndelige.
- OTB
- Men det åndelige kom ikke først, men det naturlige, og deretter det åndelige.
- B1930
- Men det åndelige er ikke det første, men det naturlige, derefter det åndelige.
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Romans 6:6
We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Read in contextColossians 3:9–10
Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Read in contextEphesians 4:22–24
to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Read in context