1 Corinthians 15:21

Tyndale New Testament

For by a man came deeth and by a man came resurreccion fro deeth.

Parallel Translations

English Standard Version
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

Geneva Bible (1587)
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Christian Standard Bible®
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

Hebrew Names Version
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

Darby Translation
For since by man [came] death, by man also resurrection of [those that are] dead.

Easy-to-Read Version
Death comes to people because of what one man did. But now there is resurrection from death because of another man.

Amplified Bible
For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come.

American Standard Version
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Berean Standard Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

Contemporary English Version
Just as we will die because of Adam, we will be raised to life because of Christ.

Complete Jewish Bible
For since death came through a man, also the resurrection of the dead has come through a man.

International Standard Version
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.John 11:25; Romans 5:12,17; 6:23;">[xr]

Etheridge Translation
And as by man was death, so also by man is the life of the dead.

Murdock Translation
And as by a man came death, so also by a man came the reviviscence of the dead.

King James Version (1611)
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
For since by man [came] death, euen so by man [came] the resurrection of ye dead.

English Revised Version
For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.

King James Version
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Lexham English Bible
For since through a man came death, also through a man came the resurrection of the dead.

Literal Translation
For since death is through man, also through a Man is a resurrection of the dead;

New Century Version
Death has come because of what one man did, but the rising from death also comes because of one man.

New English Translation
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

New King James Version
For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

New Living Translation
So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man.

New Revised Standard
For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
For, since indeed, through a man, came death, through a man, also cometh the raising of the dead;

Douay-Rheims Bible
For by a man came death: and by a man the resurrection of the dead.

George Lamsa Translation
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Good News Translation
For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man.

World English Bible
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Weymouth's New Testament
For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
for deeth was bi a man, and bi a man is ayenrisyng fro deth.

Webster's Bible Translation
For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.

Revised Standard Version
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

Update Bible Version
For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.

Young's Literal Translation
for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,

Bible in Basic English
For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

New American Standard Bible
For since by a man death came, by a Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
For by one man commeth death, and by one man the resurreccion of the deed.

Mace New Testament (1729)
for since by man came death, by man the resurrection of the dead will likewise come.

THE MESSAGE
There is a nice symmetry in this: Death initially came by a man, and resurrection from death came by a man. Everybody dies in Adam; everybody comes alive in Christ. But we have to wait our turn: Christ is first, then those with him at his Coming, the grand consummation when, after crushing the opposition, he hands over his kingdom to God the Father. He won't let up until the last enemy is down—and the very last enemy is death! As the psalmist said, "He laid them low, one and all; he walked all over them." When Scripture says that "he walked all over them," it's obvious that he couldn't at the same time be walked on. When everything and everyone is finally under God's rule, the Son will step down, taking his place with everyone else, showing that God's rule is absolutely comprehensive—a perfect ending!

New Life Bible
Death came because of a man, Adam. Being raised from the dead also came because of a Man, Christ.

Simplified Cowboy Version
Through a single man, death came for us all. Likewise, through a single man, life is available for all.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

Legacy Standard Bible
For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

Contextual Overview

²⁰ But now is Christ rysen from deeth and is become the fyrst frutes of them that slept. ²¹ For by a man came deeth and by a man came resurreccion fro deeth. ²² For as by Adam all dye: eve so by Christ shall all be made alive ²³ and every man in his awne order. The fyrst is Christ then they yt are Christis at his commynge. ²⁴ Then cometh the ende when he hath delivered vp ye kyngdome to God ye father when he hath put doune all rule auctorite and power. ²⁵ For he must raygne tyll he have put all his enemyes vnder his fete. ²⁶ The last enemye that shalbe destroyed is deeth. ²⁷ For he hath put all thinges vnder his fete. But when he sayth all thinges are put vnder him it is manyfest that he is excepted which dyd put all thinges vnder him. ²⁸ When all thinges are subdued vnto him: then shall the sonne also him selfe be subiecte vnto him that put all thinges vnder him yt God maye be all in all thinges. ²⁹ Ether els what do they which are baptised over ye deed yf the deed ryse not at all? Why are they then baptised over the deed?

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

by man came death: 1 Corinthians 15:22, Romans 5:12-17

by man came also: John 11:25, Romans 6:23

Reciprocal: Genesis 3:19 - and Genesis 5:5 - and he died Psalms 145:13 - everlasting kingdom Hosea 13:14 - O death Micah 2:13 - breaker Romans 5:17 - For if 1 Corinthians 15:48 - such are they also that are earthy Philippians 3:10 - and the power Revelation 20:12 - I saw

Cross-References

Matthew 8:28
And when he was come to ye other syde in to ye coutre of ye Gergesites ther met him two possessed of devylles which came out of the graves and were out of measure fearce so yt no ma myght go by that waye.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For since by man came death,.... The first man, by sin, was the cause of death; of its coming into the world, and upon all men, by which corporeal death is here meant; though the first man also by sin brought a moral death, or a death in sin on all his posterity; and rendered them liable to an eternal death, which is the just wages of sin; but since the apostle is treating of the resurrection of the body, a bodily death seems only intended:

by man came also the resurrection of the dead; so God, in his great goodness and infinite wisdom has thought fit, and he has so ordered it, that it should be, that as the first man was the cause of, and brought death into the world, the second man should be the cause of the resurrection of life. Christ is the meritorious and procuring cause of the resurrection of his people; he by dying has abolished death; and by rising from the dead has opened the graves of the saints, and procured their resurrection for them, obtained for them a right unto it, and made way for it: and he is the pattern and exemplar, according to which they will be raised; their vile bodies will be fashioned, and made like to his glorious body; and whereas both in life and in death they bear the image of the first and earthly man, in the resurrection they will bear the image of the second and heavenly one: he also will be the efficient cause of the resurrection; all the dead will be raised by his power, and at the hearing of his voice; though the saints only will be raised by him, in virtue of their union to him, and interest in him, being members of his body, of his flesh, and of his bones.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For since by man came death - By Adam, or by means of his transgression; see 1 Corinthians 15:22. The sense is, evidently, that in consequence of the sin of Adam all people die, or are subjected to temporal death. Or, in other words, man would not have died had it not been for the crime of the first man; see the note on Romans 5:12. This passage may be regarded as proof that death would not have entered the world had it not been for transgression; or, in other words, if man had not sinned, he would have remained immortal on the earth, or would have been translated to heaven, as Enoch and Elijah were, without seeing death. The apostle here, by “man,” undoubtedly refers to Adam; but the particular and specific idea which he intends to insist on is, that, as death came by human nature, or by a human being, by a man, so it was important and proper that immortality, or freedom from death, should come in the same way, by one who was a man. Man introduced death; man also would recover from death. The evil was introduced by one man; the recovery would be by another man.

By man came also - By the Lord Jesus, the Son of God in human nature. The resurrection came by him, because he first rose - first of those who should not again die; because he proclaimed the doctrine, and placed it on a firm foundation; and because by his power the dead will be raised up. Thus, he came to counteract the evils of the fall, and to restore man to more than his primeval dignity and honor. The resurrection through Christ will be with the assurance that all who are raised up by him shall never die again.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 21. For since by man came death — Mortality came by Adam, immortality by Christ; so sure as all have been subjected to natural death by Adam, so sure shall all be raised again by Christ Jesus. Mortality and immortality, on a general ground, are the subject of the apostle's reasoning here; and for the explanation of the transgression of Adam, and the redemption by Christ, Romans 5:10, &c.