⁴⁵ So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”^[a];^(A) the last Adam,^(B) a life-giving spirit.^{(C) 46} The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.^{(D) 47} The first man was of the dust of the earth;^(E) the second man is of heaven.^{(F) 48} As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.^{(G) 49} And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,^(H) so shall we^[b] bear the image of the heavenly man.^(I)

⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin,^(B) and the power of sin is the law.^{(C) 57} But thanks be to God!^(D) He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^(E)