1 Corinthians 15:47

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

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  • John 3:31 : 31 The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.
  • Gen 2:7 : 7 The LORD God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.
  • Gen 3:19 : 19 By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”
  • Isa 9:6 : 6 For a child has been born to us, a son has been given to us. He shoulders responsibility and is called: Amazing Adviser, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace.
  • Jer 23:6 : 6 Under his rule Judah will enjoy safety and Israel will live in security. This is the name he will go by:‘The LORD has provided us with justice.’
  • Matt 1:23 : 23 “Look! The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will name him Emmanuel,” which means“God with us.”
  • Luke 1:16-17 : 16 He will turn many of the people of Israel to the Lord their God. 17 And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him.”
  • Luke 2:11 : 11 Today your Savior is born in the city of David. He is Christ the Lord.
  • John 3:12-13 : 12 If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things? 13 No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven– the Son of Man.
  • John 6:33 : 33 For the bread of God is the one who comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.”
  • Acts 10:36 : 36 You know the message he sent to the people of Israel, proclaiming the good news of peace through Jesus Christ(he is Lord of all)–
  • 1 Cor 15:45 : 45 So also it is written,“The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
  • 2 Cor 5:1 : 1 Living by Faith, Not by Sight For we know that if our earthly house, the tent we live in, is dismantled, we have a building from God, a house not built by human hands, that is eternal in the heavens.
  • Eph 4:9-9 : 9 Now what is the meaning of“he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth? 10 He, the very one who descended, is also the one who ascended above all the heavens, in order to fill all things. 11 And he himself gave some as apostles, some as prophets, some as evangelists, and some as pastors and teachers,
  • 1 Tim 3:16 : 16 And we all agree, our religion contains amazing revelation: He was revealed in the flesh, vindicated by the Spirit, seen by angels, proclaimed among Gentiles, believed on in the world, taken up in glory.

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  • 1 Cor 15:48-50
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    48Like the one made of dust, so too are those made of dust, and like the one from heaven, so too those who are heavenly.

    49And just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, let us also bear the image of the man of heaven.

    50Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

  • 1 Cor 15:44-46
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    44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

    45So also it is written,“The first man, Adam, became a living person”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

    46However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

  • John 3:31
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    31The one who comes from above is superior to all. The one who is from the earth belongs to the earth and speaks about earthly things. The one who comes from heaven is superior to all.

  • 1 Cor 15:39-42
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    39All flesh is not the same: People have one flesh, animals have another, birds and fish another.

    40And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies. The glory of the heavenly body is one sort and the earthly another.

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

    42It is the same with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown is perishable, what is raised is imperishable.

  • John 3:12-13
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    12If I have told you people about earthly things and you don’t believe, how will you believe if I tell you about heavenly things?

    13No one has ascended into heaven except the one who descended from heaven– the Son of Man.

  • Gen 2:7
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    7The LORD God formed the man from the soil of the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and the man became a living being.

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

    22For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

    23But each in his own order: Christ, the firstfruits; then when Christ comes, those who belong to him.

  • 1 Cor 11:7-8
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    7For a man should not have his head covered, since he is the image and glory of God. But the woman is the glory of the man.

    8For man did not come from woman, but woman from man.

  • 1 Cor 2:13-15
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    13And we speak about these things, not with words taught us by human wisdom, but with those taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual things to spiritual people.

    14The unbeliever does not receive the things of the Spirit of God, for they are foolishness to him. And he cannot understand them, because they are spiritually discerned.

    15The one who is spiritual discerns all things, yet he himself is understood by no one.

  • John 3:6
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    6What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what 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,

    16because all that is in the world(the desire of the flesh and the desire of the eyes and the arrogance produced by material possessions) is not from the Father, but is from the world.

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

  • Jas 3:15
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    15Such wisdom does not come from above but is earthly, natural, demonic.

  • 1 Cor 11:11-12
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    11In any case, in the Lord woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman.

    12For just as woman came from man, so man comes through woman. But all things come from God.

  • Col 1:15
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    15The Supremacy of Christ He is the image of the invisible God, the firstborn over all creation,

  • 1 Pet 1:23-24
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    23You have been born anew, not from perishable but from imperishable seed, through the living and enduring word of God.

    24For all flesh is like grass and all its glory like the flower of the grass; the grass withers and the flower falls off,

  • John 8:23
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    23Jesus replied,“You people are from below; I am from above. You people are from this world; I am not from this world.

  • Ps 115:16
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    16The heavens belong to the LORD, but the earth he has given to mankind.

  • John 6:50
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    50This is the bread that has come down from heaven, so that a person may eat from it and not die.

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35The Resurrection Body But someone will say,“How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

  • Gen 1:27
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    27God created humankind in his own image, in the image of God he created them, male and female he created them.

  • Eph 4:9
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    9Now what is the meaning of“he ascended,” except that he also descended to the lower regions, namely, the earth?

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

  • 2 Tim 2:6
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    6The farmer who works hard ought to have the first share of the crops.

  • 2 Cor 5:2
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    2For in this earthly house we groan, because we desire to put on our heavenly dwelling,

  • 1 Cor 2:11
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    11For who among men knows the things of a man except the man’s spirit within him? So too, no one knows the things of God except the Spirit of God.

  • Gen 5:1
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    1From Adam to Noah This is the record of the family line of Adam.When God created humankind, he made them in the likeness of God.

  • Gen 3:19
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    19By the sweat of your brow you will eat food until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for you are dust, and to dust you will return.”

  • 1 Thess 4:16
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    16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

  • 1 Cor 8:5
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    5If after all there are so-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 every family in heaven and on earth is named.

  • Gen 2:4
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    4The Creation of Man and Woman This is the account of the heavens and the earth when they were created– when the LORD God made the earth and heavens.

  • Eccl 3:21
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    21Who really knows if the human spirit ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?