45 And so it is written, (A)“The first man Adam became a living being.” (B)The last Adam became (C)a life-giving spirit.

46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 (D)The first man was of the earth, (E)made[a] of dust; the second Man is [b]the Lord (F)from heaven. 48 As was the [c]man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; (G)and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 And (H)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (I)we[d] shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:48 earthy
  4. 1 Corinthians 15:49 M let us also bear

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)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us