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Good News Translation

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first Adam, made of earth, came from the earth; the second Adam came from heaven.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Adam;   Body;   Immortality;   Jesus, the Christ;   Jesus Continued;   Resurrection;   Thompson Chain Reference - Christ's;   Dead, the;   Heavenly;   Mortality-Immortality;   Origin, Heavenly, of Christ;   Resurrection;   The Topic Concordance - Body;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Christ Is God;   Earth, the;   Man;   Resurrection, the;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Death;   Earth;   Image;   Soul;   Bridgeway Bible Dictionary - Adam;   Body;   Funeral;   Humanity, humankind;   Jesus christ;   Race;   Resurrection;   Soul;   Spirit;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Adam, the Second;   Corinthians, First and Second, Theology of;   Heaven, Heavens, Heavenlies;   Immortality;   Man from Heaven;   Name;   Resurrection;   Soul;   Virgin Birth;   Charles Buck Theological Dictionary - Annihilation;   Jesus Christ;   Omnipotence of God;   Preadamite;   Resurrection;   Resurrection of Christ;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Adam;   Resurrection of Christ;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Adam (1);   Earth;   Jesus Christ;   Mediator;   Resurrection;   Son of Man;   Spirit;   Tongues, Confusion of;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Anthropology;   Atonement;   Body;   Celestial Bodies;   Corruption;   Death;   Fulfill;   Imperishable;   Life;   Resurrection;   Resurrection of Jesus Christ;   1 Corinthians;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Adam in the Nt;   Atonement;   Corinthians, First Epistle to the;   Eschatology;   Ethics;   Flesh;   Person of Christ;   Hastings' Dictionary of the New Testament - Adam;   Adam ;   Annunciation, the ;   Body;   Body (2);   Colossians, Epistle to the;   Earth Earthen Earthy Earthly;   Ephesians Epistle to the;   Example;   Fall;   Fall (2);   Grace;   Heaven;   Name ;   Pre-Existence;   Pre-Existence of Christ;   Quotations;   Sanctify, Sanctification;   Sin;   Soul ;   Union with God;   Unity;   World;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Adam, the Last;   Dust;   Earthy,;   Heaven;   Incorruption,;   Son of Man, the;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Earth;   People's Dictionary of the Bible - Adam;   Wilson's Dictionary of Bible Types - Man (first);   Man (second);  

Encyclopedias:

- Condensed Biblical Cyclopedia - Tabernacle, the;   International Standard Bible Encyclopedia - Adam in the New Testament;   Anthropology;   Christ, the Exaltation of;   Christ, Offices of;   Creed;   Death;   Earthly;   Ethics;   Image;   Logos;   Pauline Theology;   Person of Christ;   The Jewish Encyclopedia - Adam Ḳadmon;  

Devotionals:

- Daily Light on the Daily Path - Devotion for December 8;   Every Day Light - Devotion for December 19;  

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.
Revised Standard Version
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
Tyndale New Testament (1525)
The fyrst ma is of the erth erthy: the seconde man is ye Lorde fro heave.
Hebrew Names Version
The first man is of the eretz, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
International Standard Version
The first man came from the dust of the earth; the second man came from heaven.Genesis 2:7; 3:19; John 3:13,31;">[xr]
New American Standard Bible
The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second Man is from heaven.
New Century Version
The first man came from the dust of the earth. The second man came from heaven.
Update Bible Version
The first man is of the earth, made of dust: the second man is of heaven.
Webster's Bible Translation
The first man [is] from the earth, earthy: the second man [is] the Lord from heaven.
English Standard Version
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
World English Bible
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
Wesley's New Testament (1755)
The first man was from the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Weymouth's New Testament
The first man is a man of earth, earthy; the second man is from Heaven.
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
The firste man of erthe is ertheli; the secounde man of heuene is heuenelich.
English Revised Version
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.
Berean Standard Bible
The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
Contemporary English Version
The first man was made from the dust of the earth, but the second man came from heaven.
Amplified Bible
The first man [Adam] is from the earth, earthy [made of dust]; the second Man [Christ, the Lord] is from heaven.
American Standard Version
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.
Bible in Basic English
The first man is from the earth, and of the earth: the second man is from heaven.
Complete Jewish Bible
The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.
Darby Translation
the first man out of [the] earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.
Etheridge Translation
The first man who is of the earth is dust, the second man the Lord from heaven.
Murdock Translation
The first man was of dust from the earth; the second man was the Lord from heaven.
King James Version (1611)
The first man is of the earth, earthy: The second man is the Lord from heauen.
New Living Translation
Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven.
New Life Bible
Adam was the first man. He was made from the dust of the earth. Christ was the second man. He came down from heaven.
New Revised Standard
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
Geneva Bible (1587)
The first man is of the earth, earthly: the second man is the Lord from heauen.
George Lamsa Translation
The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the LORD from heaven.
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
The first man, is of the ground, earthy, the second man, is, of heaven:
Douay-Rheims Bible
The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
The first man [is] of the earth, earthy: the seconde man [is] the Lorde from heauen.
Christian Standard Bible®
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
King James Version
The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven.
Lexham English Bible
The first man is from the earth, made of earth; the second man is from heaven.
Literal Translation
The first man was out of earth, earthy. The second Man was the Lord out of Heaven. Gen. 2:7
Young's Literal Translation
The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
The first man is of the earth, earthy: ye seconde ma is fro heaue, heauely.
Mace New Testament (1729)
the first man was formed from the dust of the earth: the second man was from heaven.
New English Translation
The first man is from the earth, made of dust; the second man is from heaven.
New King James Version
The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord [fn] from heaven.
Simplified Cowboy Version
The first man came from dirt. The second man came from heaven.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.
Legacy Standard Bible
The first man is from the earth, earthy; the second man is from heaven.

Contextual Overview

35 Someone will ask, "How can the dead be raised to life? What kind of body will they have?" 36 You fool! When you plant a seed in the ground, it does not sprout to life unless it dies. 37 And what you plant is a bare seed, perhaps a grain of wheat or some other grain, not the full-bodied plant that will later grow up. 38 God provides that seed with the body he wishes; he gives each seed its own proper body. 39 And the flesh of living beings is not all the same kind of flesh; human beings have one kind of flesh, animals another, birds another, and fish another. 40 And there are heavenly bodies and earthly bodies; the beauty that belongs to heavenly bodies is different from the beauty that belongs to earthly bodies. 41 The sun has its own beauty, the moon another beauty, and the stars a different beauty; and even among stars there are different kinds of beauty. 42 This is how it will be when the dead are raised to life. When the body is buried, it is mortal; when raised, it will be immortal. 43 When buried, it is ugly and weak; when raised, it will be beautiful and strong. 44 When buried, it is a physical body; when raised, it will be a spiritual body. There is, of course, a physical body, so there has to be a spiritual body.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

first: 1 Corinthians 15:45, Genesis 2:7, Genesis 3:19, John 3:13, John 3:31, 2 Corinthians 5:1

the Lord: Isaiah 9:6, Jeremiah 23:6, Matthew 1:23, Luke 1:16, Luke 1:17, Luke 2:11, John 3:12, John 3:13, John 3:31, John 6:33, Acts 10:36, Ephesians 4:9-11, 1 Timothy 3:16

Reciprocal: Genesis 18:27 - dust Genesis 32:24 - man Psalms 10:18 - the man Luke 3:38 - of God John 1:14 - the Word John 3:6 - born of the flesh John 4:1 - the Lord John 6:42 - Is not John 8:23 - Ye are from John 16:27 - and have John 21:7 - It is Acts 9:17 - the Lord Acts 17:26 - hath made Romans 10:12 - Lord 2 Corinthians 4:5 - Christ 2 Corinthians 8:9 - though Philippians 2:11 - is Lord

Gill's Notes on the Bible

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 in the Hebrew tongue signifies red, because he was made out of red earth; for such, adds he, is the true and virgin earth: Pausanias d makes mention of a clay, which is not the colour of earth, but like the sand of brooks and rivers; and gives a smell very near to that of the skin, or body of men; and which is said to be the remains of that clay, out of which all mankind was made: but be that as it will, Adam was certainly made out of the earth, and had his habitation and abode assigned him in the garden of Eden, and was made to cultivate and till it; his lordship and dominion, at most and best, only extended to the terraqueous globe, and the creatures in it; and having sinned, he was not only thrust out of the garden to till the ground out of which he was taken, but doomed to return to the dust from whence he came; and whose sin and fall had such an influence on him and his posterity, as to make their souls sensual and earthly, to mind, affect, and cleave unto earthly things:

the second man is the Lord from heaven; as Adam was the first man, Christ is the second man; and these two are spoken of, as it they were the only two men in the world; because as the former was the head and representative of all his natural posterity, so the latter is the head and representative of all his spiritual offspring: and he is "the Lord from heaven"; in distinction from the first man, who was of the earth, and whose lordship reached only to the earth; whereas Christ is Lord of all, not only Lord of lords below, but Lord of angels and saints above; the whole family in heaven and in earth is named of him; and he has all power in heaven and in earth, and a name above every name in this world, and that to come, and is indeed higher than the heavens: this is not to be understood of his human nature, or of his human body, as if that came down from heaven, and passed through the virgin, as some heretics of old said, as water through a pipe; for though it was conceived and formed in a miraculous manner, under the overshadowing of the Holy Ghost from on high, yet was formed out of the matter and substance of the virgin, and so was of the earth; and was indeed an earthly body, supported by earthly means, and at last returned to the earth, and was interred in it: but it is to be understood either of Christ as a divine person, as the Son of God, as Lord of all, coming down from heaven at his incarnation; not by local motion, or change of place, but by assumption of the human nature into union with him, the Lord from heaven; or rather of him as he shall descend from heaven, as the Lord and Judge of all at the last day, when he will come in his glorious, spiritual, and heavenly body; and raise the righteous dead, and fashion their bodies like his own; when what follows will have its full accomplishment. The Cabalistic doctors among the Jews often speak e of אדם עליון, "the superior man", and ואדם תחתון, "the inferior man"; and in their Cabalistic table f, in the sixth "sephirah", or number, they place the man from above, the heavenly Adam; and, in one of their writings g, have these remarkable words,

"anynt Mdaw hale Mda Nam, "who is the supreme man and the second man", but of whom it is said, Proverbs 30:4 "what is his name, and what is his son's name?" what is his name? this is the supreme man; what is his son's name? this is the inferior man; and both of them are intimated in that Scripture, Exodus 3:13 "and they shall say unto me, what is his name? what shall I say?"''

Some copies, and the Vulgate Latin and Ethiopic versions; leave out the word "Lord", and add the word "heavenly", reading the clause thus, "the second man from heaven, heavenly".

c Antiqu. l. 1. c. 1. sect. 2. d Phocica, sive l. 10. p. 615. e Raziel, fol. 26. 1. & 31. 1. & 33. 1. Tzeror Hammor, fol. 1. 4. f In Cabala Denudata, par. 2. p. 9. g Zohar in Gen. fol. 39. 2.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

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;” Genesis 3:19. Of course, he must partake of a nature that was low, mean, mortal, and corruptible.

The second man - Christ; see the note on 1 Corinthians 15:45. He is called the second man, as being the second who sustained a relation to people that was materially to affect their conduct and destiny; the second and the last 1 Corinthians 15:45, who should sustain a special headship to the race.

The Lord from heaven - Called in 1 Corinthians 2:8, the “Lord of glory;” see note on that place. This expression refers to the fact that the Lord Jesus had a heavenly origin, in contradistinction from Adam, who was formed from the earth. The Latin Vulgate renders this, “the second man from heaven is heavenly;” and this idea seems to accord with the meaning in the former member of the verse. The sense is, evidently, that as the first man had an earthly origin, and was, therefore, earthy, so the second man being from heaven, as his proper home, would have a body adapted to that abode; unlike that which was earthy, and which would be suited to his exalted nature, and to the world where he would dwell. And while, therefore, the phrase “from heaven” refers to his heavenly origin, the essential idea is, that he would have a body that was adapted to such an origin and such a world - a body unlike that which was earthy. That is, Christ had a glorified body to which the bodies of the saints must yet be made like.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 47. 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 says he was χοικος, of the dust; for the body was made עפר מן האדמה aphar min ha-adamah, dust from the ground; Genesis 2:7.

The second man is - from heaven.Heavenly, ουρανιος, as several good MSS. and versions read. The resurrection body shall be of a heavenly nature, and not subject to decay or death. What is formed of earth must live after an earthly manner; must be nourished and supported by the earth: what is from heaven is of a spiritual nature; and shall have no farther connection with, nor dependence upon, earth. I conceive both these clauses to relate to man; and to point out the difference between the animal body and the spiritual body, or between the bodies which we now have and the bodies which we shall have in the resurrection. But can this be the meaning of the clause, the second man is the Lord from heaven? In the quotation I have omitted οκυριος, the Lord, on the following authorities: MANUSCRIPTS - BCD*EFG, and two others. VERSIONS - Coptic, AEthiopic, Armenian in the margin, Vulgate, and Itala. FATHERS - Origen, who quotes it once and omits it once; Athanasius, Basil, the two Gregories, Nyssen and Nazianzen; Isidore, Cyril, Tertullian, Cyprian, Hilary, Zeno, Ambrose, Augustine, Jerome, Ambrosiaster, Philaster, Leo, Pacianus, Primasius, Sedulius, Bede, and others. See these authorities more at large in Wetstein. Some of the most eminent of modern critics leave out the word, and Tertullian says that it was put in by the heretic Marcion. I do think that the word is not legitimate in this place. The verse is read by the MSS., versions, and fathers referred to, thus: The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is of heaven, heavenly; κυριος being omitted and ουρανιος added. The first man and the second man of this verse are the same as the first Adam and the second Adam of 1 Corinthians 15:45, and it is not clear that Christ is meant in either place. Some suppose that there is a reference here to what Eve said when she brought forth Cain: I have gotten a man from the Lord, קניתי איש את יהוה kanithi ish eth Yehovah, I have possessed or obtained a man, the Lord; that is, as Dr. Lightfoot explains it, that the Lord himself should become man: and he thinks that Eve had respect to the promise of Christ when she named her son; as Adam had when he named his wife. If Eve had this in view, we can only say she was sadly mistaken: indeed the conjecture is too refined.

The terms first man of the earth, and second man from heaven, are frequent among the Jews: אדם לעילא the superior Adam; and אדם תתאה Adam the inferior; that is, the earthly and the heavenly Adam: Adam before the resurrection, and Adam after it.


 
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