Bible verse
The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
1 Corinthians 15:46 · BSB
The verses around it, from 1 Corinthians 15.
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.
50 Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
KJV
Howbeit that [was] not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
ASV
Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
ERV
Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
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