1 Corinthians 15:45

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

1 Corinthians 15:45 in Other Translations

KJV
45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
ESV
45 Thus it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being";the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
NLT
45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.
MSG
45 We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
CSB
45 So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being ; the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:45 In-Context

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.
45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being” ; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.
47 The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven.

Cross References 3

  • 1. Genesis 2:7
  • 2. Romans 5:14
  • 3. John 5:21; John 6:57,58; Romans 8:2

Footnotes 1

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