1 Corinthians 15:21

Contextual Overview

²⁰ But Christ really has been raised from death—the first one of all those who will be raised. ²⁰ But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep. ²⁰ But now is Christ rysen from deeth and is become the fyrst frutes of them that slept. ²⁰ But now Messiah has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep. ²⁰ But at this moment Christ stands risen from the dead, the first one offered in the harvestthe first fruits">[fn] of those who have died.have fallen asleep">[fn]Acts 26:23; 1 Corinthians 15:23; Colossians 1:18; 1 Peter 1:3; Revelation 1:5;">[xr] ²⁰ But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep. ²⁰ But Christ has truly been raised from the dead—the first one and proof that those who sleep in death will also be raised. ²⁰ But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those that are asleep. ²⁰ But now is Christ raised from the dead, [and] become the first-fruits of them that slept. ²⁰ But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

Bible Verse Review
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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

Genesis 15:15
As for you, you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
But you shall go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And you, Abram, will die in peace and will be buried at an old age.

Genesis 15:15
But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
And thou shalt go to thy fathers in peace; thou shalt be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
But you will go to your fathers in peace. You will be buried in a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
"As for you, you shall [die and] go to your fathers in peace; you shall be buried at a good old age.

Genesis 15:15
Forsothe thou schalt go to thi fadris in pees, and schalt be biried in good age.

Genesis 15:15
and thou -- thou comest in unto thy fathers in peace; thou art buried in a good old age;

Genesis 15:15
You, however, will go to your fathers in peace and be buried at a ripe old age.

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.