45 Thus it is written, (A)“The first man Adam became a living being”;[a] (B)the last Adam became a (C)life-giving spirit. 46 But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 (D)The first man was from the earth, (E)a man of dust; (F)the second man is from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, (G)so also are those who are of heaven. 49 Just (H)as we have borne the image of the man of dust, (I)we shall[b] also bear the image of the man of heaven.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Greek a living soul
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some manuscripts let us

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) 48 As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.(G) 49 And just as we have borne the image of the earthly man,(H) so shall we[b] bear the image of the heavenly man.(I)

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:45 Gen. 2:7
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:49 Some early manuscripts so let us