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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•  (Gen. 2:7)
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John 5:21• 21For even as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth, so the Son also quickeneth whom he will; (John 5:21)
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John 6:33,40• 33For the bread of God is he that descendeth out of heaven, and giveth life to the world.
 40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholdeth the Son, and believeth 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:
 48as [is] he made of dust, such also those made of dust; and as [is] the heavenly [one], such also the heavenly [ones];
 49and even as we bore the image of the [one] made of dust, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly [ones]. (1 Cor. 15:47‑49)
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Gen. 2:7•  (Gen. 2:7)
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Rom. 5:12‑14• 12On this account as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death, and thus death passed unto all men, for that all sinned:
 13(for until law sin was in [the] world, but no sin is put to account when there is no law;
 14but death reigned from Adam till Moses even over those that had not sinned in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of the coming [one]. (Rom. 5:12‑14)
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Rev. 16:3• 3And the second poured out his bowl into the sea; and it became blood as of a dead man; and every living soul died, those 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 saith to thee, Give me to drink, thou wouldest have asked of him, and he would have given thee living water.
 14but whosoever drinketh of the water which I shall give him, shall in no way thirst forever, but the water which I shall give him shall become in him a fountain of water springing up into life eternal. (John 4:10,14)
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John 5:21,25‑29• 21For even as the Father raiseth the dead and quickeneth, so the Son also quickeneth whom he will;
 25Verily, verily I say to you, 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 hath life in himself, so he gave to the Son also to have life in himself;
 27and gave him authority to execute judgment [also], because he is Son of man.
 28Wonder not at this; for an hour is coming, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
 29and shall go forth, those that practiced good unto a resurrection of life, and those that did evil unto a 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 that descendeth out of heaven, and giveth life to the world.
 39And this is the will of him who sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up at the last day.
 40For this is the will of my Father, that everyone who beholdeth the Son, and believeth on him, should have life eternal, and I will raise him up at the last day.
 54He that eateth my flesh and drinketh my blood hath life eternal; and I will raise him up at the last day;
 57As the living Father sent me, and I live by reason of the Father, he also that eateth me, even he shall live by reason of me.
 63It is the Spirit that quickeneth: the flesh profiteth nothing. The words which I have spoken to you are spirit and are life;
 68Simon Peter answered him, Lord, to whom shall we go away? 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 cometh not unless that he may steal and slaughter and destroy; I came that they might have life, and have abundantly.
 28and I give them life eternal, and they shall in no wise ever 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 believeth on me, though he have died, shall live;
 26and every one that liveth and believeth on me shall never die. Believest thou this? (John 11:25‑26)
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John 14:6,19• 6Jesus said to him, I am the way, and the truth, and the life: no one cometh unto the Father but by me.
 19Yet a little, and the world beholdeth me no more; but ye behold me: because I live, ye also shall live. (John 14:6,19)
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John 17:2‑3• 2according as thou gavest him authority over all flesh, that, everything which thou hast given him, he should give them life eternal.
 3And this is the eternal life, that they know thee, the only true God, and him whom thou didst send, Jesus Christ. (John 17:2‑3)
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Acts 3:15• 15but the Author of life ye killed, whom God raised from [the] dead of which 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 more they that receive the abundance of the grace and of the gift of righteousness shall reign in life by the one Jesus Christ:)
 21that, as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness unto life eternal by 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 hath freed me from the law of sin and death.
 10But if Christ [be] in you, the body [is] dead on account of sin, and the Spirit life on account of righteousness.
 11But if the Spirit of him that raised Jesus out of [the] dead dwell in you, he that raised Christ out of [the] dead shall quicken your mortal bodies also on account of his Spirit that dwelleth in you. (Rom. 8:2,10‑11)
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Phil. 3:21• 21who shall transform our body of humiliation, conformed to his body of glory according to the working of his ability also to subject all things to him. (Phil. 3:21)
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Col. 3:4• 4When the Christ, our life, shall be manifested, then shall ye also be manifested with him in glory. (Col. 3:4)
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1 John 1:1‑3• 1What was from [the] beginning, what we have heard, what we have seen with our eyes, what we looked on, and our hands handled, concerning the Word of life
 2(and the life was manifested, and we have seen, and bear witness, and report to you the eternal life, the which was with the Father and was manifested to us);
 3that which we have seen and have heard we report to you also, that ye also may have fellowship with us; yea, and our fellowship [is] 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 gave to us life eternal, and this life is in his Son.
 12He that hath the Son hath life; he that hath not the Son of God hath not life. (1 John 5:11‑12)
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Rev. 21:6• 6And he said to me, They are done. I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To him that is athirst I will give of the fountain of the water of life freely. (Rev. 21:6)
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Rev. 22:1,17• 1And he showed me a river of water of life bright as crystal proceeding out of the throne of God and the Lamb.
 17And the Spirit and the bride say, Come; and let him that heareth say, Come. And let him that is athirst come; let him that willeth take life's water 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: