Bible verse
So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
1 Corinthians 15:45 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 15.
41 The sun has one degree of splendor, the moon another, and the stars another; and star differs from star in splendor.
42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.
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 it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
48 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
49 And just as we have borne the likeness of the earthly man, so also shall we bear the likeness of the heavenly man.
KJV
And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam [was made] a quickening spirit.
ASV
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
ERV
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
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