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1 Corinthians 15

1 Cor. 15:45 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And
ho (Greek #3588)
the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom)
KJV usage: the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc.
Pronounce: ho
Origin: ἡ (hay), and the neuter τό (to) in all their inflections
kai (Greek #2532)
and, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words
KJV usage: and, also, both, but, even, for, if, or, so, that, then, therefore, when, yet.
Pronounce: kahee
Origin: apparently, a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force
so
houto (Greek #3779)
in this way (referring to what precedes or follows)
KJV usage: after that, after (in) this manner, as, even (so), for all that, like(-wise), no more, on this fashion(-wise), so (in like manner), thus, what.
Pronounce: hoo'-to
Origin: οὕτως (hoo'-toce) adverb from 3778
it is written
grapho (Greek #1125)
to "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe
KJV usage: describe, write(-ing, -ten).
Pronounce: graf'-o
Origin: a primary verb
d, The first
protos (Greek #4413)
foremost (in time, place, order or importance)
KJV usage: before, beginning, best, chief(-est), first (of all), former.
Pronounce: pro'-tos
Origin: contracted superlative of 4253
man
anthropos (Greek #444)
man-faced, i.e. a human being
KJV usage: certain, man.
Pronounce: anth'-ro-pos
Origin: from 435 and ὤψ (the countenance; from 3700)
Adam
Adam (Greek #76)
Adam, the first man; typically (of Jesus) man (as his representative)
KJV usage: Adam.
Pronounce: ad-am'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (0121)
was made
ginomai (Greek #1096)
to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e. (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
KJV usage: arise, be assembled, be(-come, -fall, -have self), be brought (to pass), (be) come (to pass), continue, be divided, draw, be ended, fall, be finished, follow, be found, be fulfilled, + God forbid, grow, happen, have, be kept, be made, be married, be ordained to be, partake, pass, be performed, be published, require, seem, be showed, X soon as it was, sound, be taken, be turned, use, wax, will, would, be wrought.
Pronounce: ghin'-om-ahee
Origin: a prolongation and middle voice form of a primary verb
a living
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
zao (Greek #2198)
to live (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: life(-time), (a-)live(-ly), quick.
Pronounce: dzah'-o
Origin: a primary verb
soul
psuche (Greek #5590)
breath, i.e. (by implication) spirit, abstractly or concretely (the animal sentient principle only; thus distinguished on the one hand from 4151, which is the rational and immortal soul; and on the other from 2222, which is mere vitality, even of plants: these terms thus exactly correspond respectively to the Hebrew 05315, 07307 and 02416)
KJV usage: heart (+ -ily), life, mind, soul, + us, + you.
Pronounce: psoo-khay'
Origin: from 5594
; thee last
eschatos (Greek #2078)
farthest, final (of place or time)
KJV usage: ends of, last, latter end, lowest, uttermost.
Pronounce: es'-khat-os
Origin: a superlative probably from 2192 (in the sense of contiguity)
Adam
Adam (Greek #76)
Adam, the first man; typically (of Jesus) man (as his representative)
KJV usage: Adam.
Pronounce: ad-am'
Origin: of Hebrew origin (0121)
was made a quickening
eis (Greek #1519)
to or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases
KJV usage: (abundant-)ly, against, among, as, at, (back-)ward, before, by, concerning, + continual, + far more exceeding, for (intent, purpose), fore, + forth, in (among, at, unto, -so much that, -to), to the intent that, + of one mind, + never, of, (up-)on, + perish, + set at one again, (so) that, therefore(-unto), throughout, til, to (be, the end, -ward), (here-)until(-to), ...ward, (where-)fore, with. Often used in composition with the same general import, but only with verbs (etc.) expressing motion (literally or figuratively).
Pronounce: ice
Origin: a primary preposition
zoopoieo (Greek #2227)
to (re-)vitalize (literally or figuratively)
KJV usage: make alive, give life, quicken.
Pronounce: dzo-op-oy-eh'-o
Origin: from the same as 2226 and 4160
spirit
pneuma (Greek #4151)
a current of air, i.e. breath (blast) or a breeze; by analogy or figuratively, a spirit, i.e. (human) the rational soul, (by implication) vital principle, mental disposition, etc., or (superhuman) an angel, demon, or (divine) God, Christ's spirit, the Holy Spirit
KJV usage: ghost, life, spirit(-ual, -ually), mind. Compare 5590.
Pronounce: pnyoo'-mah
Origin: from 4154
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Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
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John 5:21• 21For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, thus the Son also quickens whom he will: (John 5:21)
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John 6:33,40• 33For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
 40For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day. (John 6:33,40)

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Adam,
Soul; Spirit,
Spirit,
The Last Adam,
Writing

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Ministry on This Verse

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The first.
1 Cor. 15:47‑49• 47the first man out of the earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.
 48Such as he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and such as the heavenly one, such also the heavenly ones.
 49And as we have borne the image of the one made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly one. (1 Cor. 15:47‑49)
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Gen. 2:7• 7And Jehovah Elohim formed Man, dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and Man became a living soul. (Gen. 2:7)
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Rom. 5:12‑14• 12For this cause, even as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; and thus death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned:
 13(for until law sin was in the world; but sin is not put to account when there is no law;
 14but death reigned from Adam until Moses, even upon those who had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him to come. (Rom. 5:12‑14)
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Rev. 16:3• 3And the second poured out his bowl on the sea; and it became blood, as of a dead man; and every living soul died in the sea. (Rev. 16:3)
a quickening.
John 1:4• 4In him was life, and the life was the light of men. (John 1:4)
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John 4:10,14• 10Jesus answered and said to her, If thou knewest the gift of God, and who it is that says to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
 14but whosoever drinks of the water which I shall give him shall never thirst for ever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water, springing up into eternal life. (John 4:10,14)
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John 5:21,25‑29• 21For even as the Father raises the dead and quickens them, thus the Son also quickens whom he will:
 25Verily, verily, I say unto you, that an hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and they that have heard shall live.
 26For even as the Father has life in himself, so he has given to the Son also to have life in himself,
 27and has given him authority to execute judgment also, because he is Son of man.
 28Wonder not at this, for an hour is coming in which all who are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
 29and shall go forth; those that have practised good, to resurrection of life, and those that have done evil, to resurrection of judgment. (John 5:21,25‑29)
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John 6:33,39‑40,54,57,63,68• 33For the bread of God is he who comes down out of heaven and gives life to the world.
 39And this is the will of him that has sent me, that of all that he has given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up in the last day.
 40For this is the will of my Father, that every one who sees the Son, and believes on him, should have life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day.
 54He that eats my flesh and drinks my blood has life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day:
 57As the living Father has sent me and I live on account of the Father, *he* also who eats me shall live also on account of me.
 63It is the Spirit which quickens, the flesh profits nothing: the words which I have spoken unto you are spirit and are life.
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go? thou hast words of life eternal; (John 6:33,39‑40,54,57,63,68)
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John 10:10,28• 10The thief comes not but that he may steal, and kill, and destroy: I am come that they might have life, and might have it abundantly.
 28and I give them life eternal; and they shall never perish, and no one shall seize them out of my hand. (John 10:10,28)
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John 11:25‑26• 25Jesus said to her, I am the resurrection and the life: he that believes on me, though he have died, shall live;
 26and every one who lives and believes on me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25‑26)
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John 14:6,19• 6Jesus says to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life. No one comes to the Father unless by me.
 19Yet a little and the world sees me no longer; but ye see me; because I live ye also shall live. (John 14:6,19)
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John 17:2‑3• 2as thou hast given him authority over all flesh, that as to all that thou hast given to him, he should give them life eternal.
 3And this is the eternal life, that they should know thee, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom thou hast sent. (John 17:2‑3)
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Acts 3:15• 15but the originator of life ye slew, whom God raised from among the dead, whereof *we* are witnesses. (Acts 3:15)
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Rom. 5:17,21• 17For if by the offence of the one death reigned by the one, much rather shall those who receive the abundance of grace, and of the free gift of righteousness, reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
 21in order that, even as sin has reigned in the power of death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord. (Rom. 5:17,21)
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Rom. 8:2,10‑11• 2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and of death.
 10but if Christ be in you, the body is dead on account of sin, but the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
 11But if the Spirit of him that has raised up Jesus from among the dead dwell in you, he that has raised up Christ from among the dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit which dwells in you. (Rom. 8:2,10‑11)
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Phil. 3:21• 21who shall transform our body of humiliation into conformity to his body of glory, according to the working of the power which he has even to subdue all things to himself. (Phil. 3:21)
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Col. 3:4• 4When the Christ is manifested who is our life, then shall *ye* also be manifested with him in glory. (Col. 3:4)
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1 John 1:1‑3• 1That which was from the beginning, that which we have heard, which we have seen with our eyes; that which we contemplated, and our hands handled, concerning the word of life;
 2(and the life has been manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, which was with the Father, and has been manifested to us:)
 3that which we have seen and heard we report to you, that *ye* also may have fellowship with us; and our fellowship is indeed with the Father, and with his Son Jesus Christ. (1 John 1:1‑3)
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1 John 5:11‑12• 11And this is the witness, that God has given to us eternal life; and this life is in his Son.
 12He that has the Son has life: he that has not the Son of God has not life. (1 John 5:11‑12)
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Rev. 21:6• 6And he said to me, It is done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. I will give to him that thirsts of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)
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Rev. 22:1,17• 1And he shewed me a river of water of life, bright as crystal, going out of the throne of God and of the Lamb.
 17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come. And let him that hears say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; he that will, let him take the water of life freely. (Rev. 22:1,17)
• As usual, first is seen man failing in his responsibility, then the obedient, suffering, victorious Man. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:35-49” by W. Kelly)
• Adam became a sinner, and was sentenced to death before he became head of the family. Christ bore sin, and died to it, before He became Head of those who believed. Till He died He abode alone; after it He had much fruit. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:50-58” by W. Kelly)
• The great occasion when scripture shows us the Lord become a quickening Spirit was when He rose from the dead. Then, not before, did He breathe on the disciples, and say, Receive ye the Holy Ghost. It was not the new birth merely, but life more abundantly, because in the power of resurrection. (“Notes on 1 Corinthians 15:35-49” by W. Kelly)

J. N. Darby Translation

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Thus also it is writtenc, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickeningd spirit.

JND Translation Notes

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See Gen. 2.7.
d
Making alive.

W. Kelly Translation

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So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul; the last Adam a quickening Spirit: