1 Corinthians 15:45 Parallel Translations

This is what Scripture says: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.(GOD'S WORD®)

KJV:

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

ASV:

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

BBE:

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

DBY:

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

ERV:

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

WEY:

In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

WBS:

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

WEB:

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

YLT:

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

1 Corinthians 15:45 Cross References

XREF:

Genesis 2:7 Then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.

John 5:21 "For just as the Father raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom He wishes.

John 6:57 "As the living Father sent Me, and I live because of the Father, so he who eats Me, he also will live because of Me.

Romans 5:14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the offense of Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.

Romans 8:2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set you free from the law of sin and of death. (NASB ©1995)

Commentaries and Concordances

GSB:

15:45 {25} And so it is written, The {x} first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a {y} quickening spirit.
(25) That is called a natural body which is made alive and maintained by a living soul only in the manner that Adam was, of whom we are all born naturally. And that is said to be a spiritual body, which together with the soul is made alive with a far more excellent power, that is, with the Spirit of God, who descends from Christ the second Adam to us.
(x) Adam is called the first man, because he is the root as it were from which we spring. And Christ is the latter man, because he is the beginning of all those that are spiritual, and in him we are all included.
(y) Christ is called a Spirit, by reason of that most excellent nature, that is to say, God who dwells in him bodily, as Adam is called a living soul, by reason of the soul which is the best part in him.

PNT:

15:45 The first man Adam was made a living soul. See Ge 2:7. From him came our natural life.
The last Adam, Christ, of whom Adam was a type.
A living spirit. By giving life to the dead, and imparting spiritual existence.

WES:

15:45 The first Adam was made a living soul - God gave him such life as other animals enjoy: but the last Adam, Christ, is a quickening spirit - As he hath life in himself, so he quickeneth whom he will; giving a more refined life to their very bodies at the resurrection. Gen 2:7

MHC:

15:35-50 1. How are the dead raised up? that is, by what means? How can they be raised? 2. As to the bodies which shall rise. Will it be with the like shape, and form, and stature, and members, and qualities? The former objection is that of those who opposed the doctrine, the latter of curious doubters. To the first the answer is, This was to be brought about by Divine power; that power which all may see does somewhat like it, year after year, in the death and revival of the corn. It is foolish to question the Almighty power of God to raise the dead, when we see it every day quickening and reviving things that are dead. To the second inquiry; The grain undergoes a great change; and so will the dead, when they rise and live again. The seed dies, though a part of it springs into new life, though how it is we cannot fully understand. The works of creation and providence daily teach us to be humble, as well as to admire the Creator's wisdom and goodness. There is a great variety among other bodies, as there is among plants. There is a variety of glory among heavenly bodies. The bodies of the dead, when they rise, will be fitted for the heavenly bodies. The bodies of the dead, when they rise, will be fitted for the heavenly state; and there will be a variety of glories among them. Burying the dead, is like committing seed to the earth, that it may spring out of it again. Nothing is more loathsome than a dead body. But believers shall at the resurrection have bodies, made fit to be for ever united with spirits made perfect. To God all things are possible. He is the Author and Source of spiritual life and holiness, unto all his people, by the supply of his Holy Spirit to the soul; and he will also quicken and change the body by his Spirit. The dead in Christ shall not only rise, but shall rise thus gloriously changed. The bodies of the saints, when they rise again, will be changed. They will be then glorious and spiritual bodies, fitted to the heavenly world and state, where they are ever afterwards to dwell. The human body in its present form, and with its wants and weaknesses, cannot enter or enjoy the kingdom of God. Then let us not sow to the flesh, of which we can only reap corruption. And the body follows the state of the soul. He, therefore, who neglects the life of the soul, casts away his present good; he who refuses to live to God, squanders all he has.

CONC:

Adam Animal Creature Life-giving Quickening Soul Spirit Thus Vivifying Written

Adam Animal Creature First Last Quickening Soul Spirit Way Written

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