1 Corinthians 15:47

KJV1611 – Modern English

The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.

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  • John 3:31 : 31 He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For to us a child is born, to us a son is given; and the government will be upon his shoulder, and his name will be called Wonderful, Counselor, The Mighty God, The Everlasting Father, The Prince of Peace.
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 In his days Judah shall be saved, and Israel shall dwell safely. And this is his name by which he shall be called: THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS.
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 Behold, a virgin shall be with child, and shall bring forth a son, and they shall call his name Emmanuel, which being interpreted is, God with us.
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the children of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 He will go before Him in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers to the children, and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready a people prepared for the Lord.
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 For there is born to you this day in the city of David a Savior, who is Christ the Lord.
  • John 3:12-13 : 12 If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things? 13 No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.
  • John 6:33 : 33 For the bread of God is he who comes down from heaven, and gives life to the world.
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 The word which God sent to the children of Israel, preaching peace through Jesus Christ: (he is Lord of all:)
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 For we know that if our earthly body, this tabernacle, is destroyed, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
  • Eph 4:9-9 : 9 (Now that he ascended, what does it mean but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth? 10 He who descended is the same also who ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things.) 11 And he gave some, apostles; and some, prophets; and some, evangelists; and some, pastors and teachers;
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And without controversy, great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit, seen by angels, preached among the Gentiles, believed on in the world, received up into glory.

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  • 1 Cor 15:48-50
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    48As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.

    49And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

    50Now this I say, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.

  • 1 Cor 15:44-46
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    44It is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. There is a natural body, and there is a spiritual body.

    45And so it is written, 'The first man Adam became a living being.' The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

    46However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.

  • John 3:31
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    31He who comes from above is above all. He who is of the earth is earthly and speaks of the earth. He who comes from heaven is above all.

  • 1 Cor 15:39-42
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    39All flesh is not the same flesh, but there is one kind of flesh of humans, another flesh of animals, another of fish, and another of birds.

    40There are also celestial bodies and terrestrial bodies; but the glory of the celestial is one, and the glory of the terrestrial is another.

    41There is one glory of the sun, another glory of the moon, and another glory of the stars; for one star differs from another star in glory.

    42So also is the resurrection of the dead. The body is sown in corruption, it is raised in incorruption:

  • John 3:12-13
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    12If I have told you earthly things and you do not believe, how will you believe if I tell you heavenly things?

    13No man has ascended to heaven but he who came down from heaven, even the Son of Man who is in heaven.

  • Gen 2:7
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    7And the LORD God formed man from the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.

  • 1 Cor 15:21-23
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    21For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

    22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ all shall be made alive.

    23But each one in his own order: Christ the firstfruits, afterward those who are Christ's at His coming.

  • 1 Cor 11:7-8
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    7For a man indeed ought not to cover his head, because he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of the man.

    8For the man is not from the woman, but the woman from the man.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-15
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    13These things we also speak, not in words which man's wisdom teaches but which the Holy Spirit teaches, comparing spiritual things with spiritual.

    14But the natural man does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him; nor can he know them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15But he who is spiritual judges all things, yet he himself is judged by no one.

  • John 3:6
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    6That which is born of the flesh is flesh, and that which is born of the Spirit is spirit.

  • 1 John 2:15-16
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    15Do not love the world or the things in the world. If anyone loves the world, the love of the Father is not in him.

    16For all that is in the world—the lust of the flesh, the lust of the eyes, and the pride of life—is not of the Father, but is of the world.

  • 1 Tim 2:13
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    13For Adam was formed first, then Eve.

  • Jas 3:15
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    15This wisdom does not come down from above, but is earthly, sensual, devilish.

  • 1 Cor 11:11-12
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    11Nevertheless, neither is the man without the woman, nor the woman without the man, in the Lord.

    12For as the woman is from the man, even so the man is also by the woman; but all things are from God.

  • Col 1:15
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    15Who is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn of all creation:

  • 1 Pet 1:23-24
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    23Having been born again, not of corruptible seed but incorruptible, through the word of God which lives and abides forever,

    24Because "All flesh is as grass, and all the glory of man as the flower of the grass. The grass withers, and its flower falls away,

  • John 8:23
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    23And he said to them, You are from beneath; I am from above: you are of this world; I am not of this world.

  • Ps 115:16
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    16The heaven, even the heavens, are the LORD'S, but the earth He has given to the children of men.

  • John 6:50
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    50This is the bread which comes down from heaven, that a man may eat of it, and not die.

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35But someone will say, 'How are the dead raised up? And with what body do they come?'

  • Gen 1:27
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    27So God created man in His own image, in the image of God He created him; male and female He created them.

  • Eph 4:9
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    9(Now that he ascended, what does it mean but that he also descended first into the lower parts of the earth?

  • 1 Cor 11:3
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    3But I want you to know that the head of every man is Christ, and the head of the woman is the man, and the head of Christ is God.

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The hardworking farmer must be first to partake of the crops.

  • 2 Cor 5:2
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    2For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed with our dwelling which is from heaven:

  • 1 Cor 2:11
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    11For what man knows the things of a man except the spirit of man which is in him? Even so, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

  • Gen 5:1
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    1This is the book of the generations of Adam. In the day that God created man, He made him in the likeness of God;

  • Gen 3:19
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    19In the sweat of your face you shall eat bread, till you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return.

  • 1 Thess 4:16
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    16For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

  • 1 Cor 8:5
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    5For though there are those called gods, whether in heaven or on earth (as there are many gods and many lords),

  • Eph 3:15
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    15From whom the whole family in heaven and earth is named,

  • Gen 2:4
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    4These are the generations of the heavens and the earth when they were created, in the day that the LORD God made the earth and the heavens,

  • Eccl 3:21
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    21Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth?