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.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:47 earthy
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:47 NU omits the Lord

45 So also it is written: “The first (A)man, Adam, became a living [a]person.” The (B)last Adam was a (C)life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. 47 The first man is (D)from the earth, [b](E)earthy; the second Man is from heaven.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Or soul
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:47 Or made of dust, and so throughout the ch

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)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7