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NASB | 1 Corinthians 15:45 So also it is written, "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. |
AMPLIFIED 2015 | 1 Corinthians 15:45 So it is written [in Scripture], "The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL (an individual);" the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life]. [Gen 2:7] |
Bible Question:
What is the meaning of this scripture? 1corinthians 15:45 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. |
Bible Answer: Greetings Makus! 1 Corinthians 15:45 "And so it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit." (NKJV) Here is a bit of commentary on this verse: "15:45-49 Here Paul answers the question (v. 35) more specifically by showing that the resurrection body of Jesus Christ is the prototype. He begins with a quotation from Gen. 2:7 with the addition of two words, "first" and "Adam." Adam was created with a natural body, not perfect, but good in every way (Gen. 3:1). The "last Adam" is Jesus Christ (Rom. 5:19,21). He is saying that through the first Adam we received our natural bodies, but through the last Adam we will receive our spiritual bodies in resurrection. Adam's body was the prototype of the natural, Christ's body of the resurrection. We will bear the image of His body fit for heaven (Acts 1:11; Phil. 3:20,21; 1 John 3:1-3) as we have borne the image of Adam's on earth." (1) Blessings to you, Makarios (1) pg. 1757, The MacArthur Study Bible, NKJV, copyright 1997 Word Publishing. |