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The Order of Resurrection

20 But now [as things really are] Christ has in fact been raised from the dead, [and He became] the first fruits [that is, the first to be resurrected with an incorruptible, immortal body, foreshadowing the resurrection] of those who have fallen asleep [in death].(A) 21 For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come. 22 For just as [a]in Adam all die, so also [b]in Christ all will be made alive.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:22 Because of our physical nature as descendants of Adam.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:22 Because of our spiritual nature as born-again believers in Christ.

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