“ The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. ”
The first man - Adam. Is of the earth - Was made of the dust; see Genesis 2:7 . Earthy - Partaking of the earth; he was a mass of animated clay, and could be appropriately called “dust;”...
The first man [is] of the earth, (z) earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from (a) heaven. (z) Wallowing in dirt, and wholly given to an earthly nature. (a) As Adam was the first man, Christ is the...
Paul now meets the objection, How are the dead raised? in what kind of a body do they come back from the tomb? Only a fool (in the Hebrew rather than the Greek sense), he tartly says, would ask such...
earth . App-129. earthy . Greek. choikos. Only here and in verses: 1 Corinthians 15:48-49 . The noun chous, dust, is found in the Septuagint Genesis 2:7 ; Psalms 22:15 ; Psalms 104:29 ; E...
47. The first Adam was from the earth. The animal life comes first, because the earthy man is first. (119) The spiritual life will come afterwards, as Christ, the heavenly man, cam...
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. The first man is of the earth - That is: Adam's body was made out of the dust of the earth; and hence the apostle sa...
The first man is of the earth,— "The first man was from the earth, and so earthly: he was created out of the dust of the earth, and his body was only a mass of animated clay; in reference to which...
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. Of (from) the earth. Being sprung from the earth, he is "earthy" ( Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 3:19 ) - i:e., not mer...
(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
The second man is the Lord from heaven. — Better, the second man is from heaven. The words “the Lord,” which occur in the English version, are not in the best Greek MSS. The word which is twice r...
Chapter 24 THE SPIRITUAL BODY THE proofs of the Resurrection which Paul has adduced are satisfactory. So long as they are clearly before the mind, we find it possible to believe in that great exp...
Victory over Sin and Death 1 Corinthians 15:42-58 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each b...
The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
(35) But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? (36) Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: (37) And that which thou sowest, thou...
The first man is of the earth, earthy ,.... He was formed out of the earth, Genesis 2:7 and the word there used signifies red earth. Josephus c observes, that the first man was called Adam, which...
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven. Ver. 47. Of the earth, earthy ] Gr. dusty, slimy, ex terra friabili. Let this pull down proud flesh. Let us th...
The first man is [was] of the earth, earthy Being from earth, and having forfeited his immortality by sin, he became subject to corruption and dissolution, like the earth from which he came. The...
This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up...
Adam, who was the first man, was of the earth, Genesis 2:7 , and was of an earthy constitution, like unto the earth out of which he was formed; but Christ had another original: for though his body...
'The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.' For the first man, the source of the life of all men, is earthy, and is of the earth, as are they. But the second man is of Heav...
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:35 .— (1) Emphasis on “ the dead ,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “ With what (kind of) body? ” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36 .—Emphasis on “ thou ”...
1 Corinthians 15:45-49 The two bodies, the natural and the spiritual, are connected with the first Adam and the second Adam respectively. That is the teaching of these verses. The Apostle is anxio...
1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...
1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
The first man Adam was made a living soul Adam and Christ Or the mystery of life contemplated:-- I. In its sources. 1. Adam was endued with natural life, Christ with a life-giving Spirit...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
A contrast between the present and the future states:
1 Corinthians 15:45 ; 1 Timothy 3:16 ; 2 Corinthians 5:1 ; Acts 10:36 ; Ephesians 4:9-11 ; Genesis 2:7 ; Genesis 3:19 ; Isaiah 9:6 ; Jeremiah 23:6 ; John 3:12 ; John 3:13 ; John 3:31 ; J...
How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...
The first man was from the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven — The first man, being from the earth, is subject to corruption and dissolution, like the earth from which he came....