1 Corinthians 15:45
New Living Translation
45 The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.”[a] But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.
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1 Corinthians 15:45
The Voice
45 That’s why it was written, “The first man Adam became a living soul”; the last Adam has become a life-giving spirit.
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1 Corinthians 15:45
Amplified Bible, Classic Edition
45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life].(A)
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1 Corinthians 15:45-49
The Message
45-49 We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit. Physical life comes first, then spiritual—a firm base shaped from the earth, a final completion coming out of heaven. The First Man was made out of earth, and people since then are earthy; the Second Man was made out of heaven, and people now can be heavenly. In the same way that we’ve worked from our earthy origins, let’s embrace our heavenly ends.
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1 Corinthians 15:45
New King James Version
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.
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