1 Corinthians 15:21 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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²¹For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:21 —

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Cross-References

From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
Romans 5:12-17
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: …
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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Body Creation Dead (people)Death Decision Depravity of Man Dying Fall of Man

Commentary

Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)

(vv. 20-34)

In this passage the apostle establishes the truth of the resurrection of the dead, the holy dead, the dead in Christ, I. On the resurrection of Christ. 1. Because he is indeed the first-fruits of those that slept, 1 Cor. 15:20. He has truly risen himself, and he has risen in this very quality and character, as the first-fruits of those who sleep in him. As he has assuredly risen, so in his resurre…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 21)

21. by man ... by man--The first-fruits are of the same nature as the rest of the harvest; so Christ, the bringer of life, is of the same nature as the race of men to whom He brings it; just as Adam, the bringer of death, was of the same nature as the men on whom he brought it.