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1 Corinthians 15:44-46
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1 Corinthians 15:44-46
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.
45 So, too, it is written, “The first man, Adam,[a] became a living being,” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.(A) 46 But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual.
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- 15:45 The analogy of the first man, Adam, is introduced by a citation from Gn 2:7. Paul alters the text slightly, adding the adjective first, and translating the Hebrew ’ādām twice, so as to give it its value both as a common noun (man) and as a proper name (Adam). 1 Cor 15:45b then specifies similarities and differences between the two Adams. The last Adam, Christ (cf. 1 Cor 15:21–22) has become a…spirit (pneuma), a life-principle transcendent with respect to the natural soul (psychē) of the first Adam (on the terminology here, cf. note on 1 Cor 3:1). Further, he is not just alive, but life-giving, a source of life for others.
1 Corinthians 15:44-46
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1 Corinthians 15:44-46
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44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body.(A)
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”[a];(B) the last Adam,(C) a life-giving spirit.(D) 46 The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.(E)
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- 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
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