1 Corinthians 15:45 “So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last…”

1 Corinthians 15:45

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

So also it is written, “The first man Adam became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

American Standard Version

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Geneva Bible 1599

As it is also written, The first man Adam was made a liuing soule: and the last Adam was made a quickening Spirit.

Darby Translation

Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.

Young's Literal Translation

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

Bible in Basic English

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

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Cross references

“The first”

Genesis 2:7 Romans 5:12–14 1 Corinthians 15:47–49 Revelation 16:3

Genesis 2:7 · BSB

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.

Romans 5:12–14 · BSB

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.

1 Corinthians 15:47–49 · BSB

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

Revelation 16:3 · BSB

And the second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it turned to blood like that of the dead, and every living thing in the sea died.

“a quickening”

John 5:21 Romans 8:2 John 6:63 John 14:6 John 6:57 John 6:33

John 5:21 · BSB

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

Romans 8:2 · BSB

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

John 6:63 · BSB

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

John 14:6 · BSB

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

John 6:57 · BSB

Just as the living Father sent Me and I live because of the Father, so also the one who feeds on Me will live because of Me.

John 6:33 · BSB

For the bread of God is He who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

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

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

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