Parallel Verses

Bible in Basic English

The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.

New American Standard Bible

The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.

King James Version

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Holman Bible

The first man was from the earth
and made of dust;
the second man is from heaven.

International Standard Version

The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven.

A Conservative Version

The first man was of the earth, earthly. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

American Standard Version

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.

Amplified

The first man [Adam] is from the earth, earthy [made of dust]; the second Man [Christ, the Lord] is from heaven.

An Understandable Version

The first man [i.e., Adam] came from the dust of the ground [See Gen. 2:7]; the second man [i.e., Christ] came from heaven.

Anderson New Testament

The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man, the Lord from heaven.

Common New Testament

The first man was from the earth, of dust; the second man is from heaven.

Daniel Mace New Testament

the first man was formed from the dust of the earth: the second man was from heaven.

Darby Translation

the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

Godbey New Testament

The first man was from the earth, earthy: the second man from heaven.

Goodspeed New Testament

The first man is of the dust of the earth; the second man is from heaven.

John Wesley New Testament

The first man was from the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Julia Smith Translation

The first man of earth, made of earth: the second man the Lord from heaven.

King James 2000

The first man is of the earth, made of dust: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Lexham Expanded Bible

The first man [is] from the earth, made of earth; the second man [is] from heaven.

Modern King James verseion

The first man was out of earth, earthy; the second Man was the Lord from Heaven.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

The first man is of the earth, earthy: The second man is the Lord, from heaven.

Moffatt New Testament

Man the first is from the earth, material; Man the second is from heaven.

Montgomery New Testament

The first man is of the earth, earthly; the second Man is of heaven.

NET Bible

The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.

New Heart English Bible

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is from heaven.

Noyes New Testament

The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.

Sawyer New Testament

The first man was from the earth, earthly, the second man is from heaven.

The Emphasized Bible

The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:

Thomas Haweis New Testament

The first man was of the earth, earthly; the second man was the Lord from heaven.

Twentieth Century New Testament

The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second man from Heaven.

Webster

The first man is from the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Weymouth New Testament

The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.

Williams New Testament

The first man was made of the dust of the earth; the second Man is from heaven.

World English Bible

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

Worrell New Testament

The first man is of the earth earthy; the second Man is from Heaven.

Worsley New Testament

The first man being made out of the earth, was earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

Youngs Literal Translation

The first man is out of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord out of heaven;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The first
πρῶτος 
Protos 
Usage: 67

man
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
ἄνθρωπος 
Anthropos 
man, not tr,
man, not tr,
Usage: 316
Usage: 316

is of
ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

the earth
γῆ 
Ge 
Usage: 186

χοΐκός 
Choikos 
Usage: 4

the second
δεύτερος 
Deuteros 
Usage: 36

is the Lord
κύριος 
Kurios 
Usage: 643

ἐκ ἐξ 
Ek 
of, from, out of, by, on, with,
Usage: 709

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 15:47

Images 1 Corinthians 15:47

Prayers for 1 Corinthians 15:47

Context Readings

Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body

46 But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit. 47 The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven. 48 Those who are of the earth are like the man who was from the earth: and those who are of heaven are like the one from heaven.


Cross References

John 3:31

He who comes from heaven is greater than all others: he who comes from earth is of the earth, and of the earth are his words: he who comes from heaven is over all.

Genesis 2:7

And the Lord God made man from the dust of the earth, breathing into him the breath of life: and man became a living soul.

Genesis 3:19

With the hard work of your hands you will get your bread till you go back to the earth from which you were taken: for dust you are and to the dust you will go back.

Isaiah 9:6

For to us a child has come, to us a son is given; and the government has been placed in his hands; and he has been named Wise Guide, Strong God, Father for ever, Prince of Peace.

Jeremiah 23:6

In his days Judah will have salvation and Israel will be living without fear: and this is the name by which he will be named, The Lord is our righteousness.

Matthew 1:23

See, the virgin will be with child, and will give birth to a son, and they will give him the name Immanuel, that is, God with us.

Luke 1:16-17

And through him great numbers of the children of Israel will be turned to the Lord their God.

Luke 2:11

For on this day, in the town of David, a Saviour has come to birth, who is Christ the Lord.

John 3:12-13

If you have no belief when my words are about the things of earth, how will you have belief if my words are about the things of heaven?

John 6:33

The bread of God is the bread which comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.

Acts 10:36

The word which he sent to the children of Israel, giving the good news of peace through Jesus Christ (who is Lord of all)--

1 Corinthians 15:45

And so it is said, The first man Adam was a living soul. The last Adam is a life-giving spirit.

2 Corinthians 5:1

For we are conscious that if this our tent of flesh is taken down, we have a building from God, a house not made with hands, eternal, in heaven.

Ephesians 4:9-11

(Now this, He went up, what is it but that he first went down into the lower parts of the earth?

1 Timothy 3:16

And without argument, great is the secret of religion: He who was seen in the flesh, who was given God's approval in the spirit, was seen by the angels, of whom the good news was given among the nations, in whom the world had faith, who was taken up in glory.

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