Parallel Verses
World English Bible
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.
American Standard Version
So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became 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.
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
American
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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. There is a natural body and 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 However that which is spiritual isn't first, 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
Yahweh God formed man from 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 raises the dead and gives them life, even so the Son also gives life to whom he desires.
John 6:33
For the bread of God is that which comes down out of heaven, and gives life to the world."
John 6:57
As the living Father sent me, and I live because of the Father; so he who feeds on me, he will also live because of me.
John 1:4
In him was life, and the life was the light of men.
John 4:10
Jesus answered her, "If you knew the gift of God, and who it is who says to you, 'Give me a drink,' you would have asked him, and he would have given you living water."
John 4:14
but whoever drinks of the water that I will give him will never thirst again; but the water that I will give him will become in him a well of water springing up to eternal life."
John 6:39-40
This is the will of my Father who sent me, that of all he has given to me I should lose nothing, but should raise him up at the last day.
John 6:54
He who eats my flesh and drinks my blood has eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.
John 6:68
Simon Peter answered him, "Lord, to whom would we go? You have the words of eternal life.
John 10:10
The thief only comes to steal, kill, and destroy. I came that they may have life, and may have it abundantly.
John 14:6
Jesus said to him, "I am the way, the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father, except through me.
Acts 3:15
and killed the Prince of life, whom God raised from the dead, to which we are witnesses.
Romans 8:10-11
If Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the spirit is alive 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 saw, and our hands touched, concerning the Word of life
John 5:25-29
Most certainly, I tell you, the hour comes, and now is, when the dead will hear the Son of God's voice; and those who hear will live.
John 6:63
It is the spirit who gives life. The flesh profits nothing. The words that I speak to you are spirit, and are life.
John 10:28
I give eternal life to them. They will never perish, and no one will snatch them out of my hand.
John 11:25-26
Jesus said to her, "I am the resurrection and the life. He who believes in me will still live, even if he dies.
John 14:19
Yet a little while, and the world will see me no more; but you will see me. Because I live, you will live also.
John 17:2-3
even as you gave him authority over all flesh, he will give eternal life to all whom you have given him.
Romans 5:12-14
Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin; and so death passed to all men, because all sinned.
Romans 5:17
For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 5:21
that as sin reigned in death, even so grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:47-49
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
Philippians 3:21
who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
Colossians 3:4
When Christ, our life, is revealed, then you will also be revealed with him in glory.
1 John 5:11-12
The testimony is this, that God gave to us eternal life, and this life is in his Son.
Revelation 16:3
The second angel poured out his bowl into the sea, and it became blood as of a dead man. Every living thing in the sea died.
Revelation 21:6
He said to me, "It is done! I am the Alpha and the Omega, the Beginning and the End. I will give freely to him who is thirsty from the spring of the water of life.
Revelation 22:1
He showed me a river of water of life, clear as crystal, proceeding out of the throne of God and of the Lamb,
Revelation 22:17
The Spirit and the bride say, "Come!" He who hears, let him say, "Come!" He who is thirsty, let him come. He who desires, let him take the water of life freely.