Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
New American Standard Bible
So also it is written, “The first
King James Version
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.
Holman Bible
So it is written: The first man Adam became a living being;
International Standard Version
This, indeed, is what is written: "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
A Conservative Version
And so it is written, The first man Adam developed into a living soul. The last Adam a life giving spirit.
Amplified
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].
An Understandable Version
So, it is also written [Gen. 2:7], "The first man, Adam, became a living being." The last Adam [i.e., Christ], became the Spirit who gives [never ending] life. [See John 5:21].
Anderson New Testament
So, also, it is written: The first man Adam became a living soul, the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
Bible in Basic English
And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
Common New Testament
So it is written, "The first man Adam became a living being"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and so it is written, the first man Adam was made an animating soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit.
Darby Translation
Thus also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening spirit.
Godbey New Testament
As indeed it has been written; The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last man Adam, a life-creating spirit.
Goodspeed New Testament
This is also what the Scripture says: "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.
John Wesley New Testament
And so it is written, The first Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam is a quickening Spirit.
Julia Smith Translation
So also has been written, The first man Adam was born into a living soul; and the last Adam into a spirit making alive.
King James 2000
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a life-giving spirit.
Lexham Expanded Bible
Thus also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul"; the last Adam [became] a life-giving spirit.
Modern King James verseion
And so it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul," the last Adam was a life-giving Spirit.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
As it is written, "The first man Adam was made a living soul," and the last Adam was made a quickening spirit:
Moffatt New Testament
Thus it is written, 'The first man, Adam, became an animate being, the last Adam a life-giving Spirit';
Montgomery New Testament
Thus it is written. The first man, Adam, became a living being, the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit.
NET Bible
So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living person"; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
New Heart English Bible
So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Noyes New Testament
Thus is it also written: "The first man Adam became a living soul;" the last Adam a lifegiving spirit.
Sawyer New Testament
And thus it is written; The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam is a life-giving spirit.
The Emphasized Bible
Thus, also, it is written - The first man, Adam, became, a living soul, the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.
Thomas Haweis New Testament
And so it is written, There was a first man Adam a living soul; a last Adam a quickening spirit.
Twentieth Century New Testament
That is what is meant by the words-'Adam, the first man, became a human being'; the last Adam became a Life-giving spirit.
Webster
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul, the last Adam was made a vivifying spirit.
Weymouth New Testament
In the same way also it is written, "The first man Adam became a living animal"; the last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.
Williams New Testament
This is the way the Scripture puts it too, "The first man Adam became a living creature." The last Adam has become a life-giving Spirit.
World English Bible
So also it is written, "The first man, Adam, became a living soul." The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
Worrell New Testament
So also it has been written, "The first man Adam was a living soul"; the last Adam, a life-giving Spirit.
Worsley New Testament
And so it is written, "The first man Adam was made a living soul." But the last Adam is an enlivening spirit.
Youngs Literal Translation
so also it hath been written, 'The first man Adam became a living creature,' the last Adam is for a life-giving spirit,
Themes
Adam » The first man. Creation of
Adam » The first man. Creation of » Brought sin into the world
Body » What type of bodies there are
Jesus Christ » Names of » Adam
Quickening » Of God's people » By the son
Topics
Interlinear
Devotionals
Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 15:45
Devotionals containing 1 Corinthians 15:45
References
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:45
Images 1 Corinthians 15:45
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 15:45
Verse Info
Context Readings
Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
44 it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body . 45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
Cross References
Romans 8:2
For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Genesis 2:7
And Jehovah God formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living soul.
John 5:21
For as the Father raiseth the dead and giveth them life, even so the Son also giveth life to whom he will.
John 6:33
For the bread of God is that which cometh down out of heaven, and giveth life unto the world.
John 6:57
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he that eateth me, he also shall live because of me.
John 1:4
In him was life; and the life was the light of men.
John 4:10
Jesus answered and said unto unto her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that saith to thee, Give me to drink; thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
John 4:14
but whosoever drinketh of the water that I shall give him shall never thirst; but the water that I shall give him shall become in him a well of water springing up unto eternal life.
John 6:39-40
And this is the will of him that sent me, that of all that which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
John 6:54
He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath eternal life: and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast the words of eternal life.
John 10:10
The thief cometh not, but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
John 14:6
Jesus saith unto him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father, but by me.
Acts 3:15
and killed the Prince of life; whom God raised from the dead; whereof we are witnesses.
Romans 8:10-11
And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin; but the spirit is life because of righteousness.
1 John 1:1-3
That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, that which we have seen with our eyes, that which we beheld, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
John 5:25-29
Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour cometh, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God; and they that hear shall live.
John 6:63
It is the spirit that giveth life; the flesh profiteth nothing: the words that I have spoken unto you are spirit, are are life.
John 10:28
and I give unto them eternal life; and they shall never perish, and no one shall snatch them out of my hand.
John 11:25-26
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
John 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye shall live also.
John 17:2-3
even as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that to all whom thou hast given him, he should give eternal life.
Romans 5:12-14
Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:--
Romans 5:17
For if, by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more shall they that receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:21
that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:47-49
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.
Philippians 3:21
who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, who is our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also with him be manifested in glory.
1 John 5:11-12
And the witness is this, that God gave unto us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Revelation 16:3
And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, even the things that were in the sea.
Revelation 21:6
And he said unto me, They are come to pass. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give unto him that is athirst of the fountain of the water of life freely.
Revelation 22:1
And he showed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Revelation 22:17
And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And he that heareth, let him say, Come. And he that is athirst, let him come: he that will, let him take the water of life freely.