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1 Corinthians 15:20-22 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 15 · verses 20–22 · King James Version
20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.1 Corinthians 15:20-22 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:20-22 in context
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
24Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
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Commentary
Cross references
- 1 Corinthians 15:23
- Revelation 1:5
- Acts 26:23
- 1 Peter 1:3
- Colossians 1:18
- John 11:25
- Romans 5:12-17
- 1 Corinthians 15:22
- Romans 6:23
- Romans 5:12-21
- 1 Corinthians 15:45-49
Key words (Strong's)
- resurrectionanastasisa raising up, rising , a rising from the dead, that of Christ, that of all men at the end…G386 →
- firstfruitsaparchēto offer firstlings or firstfruits, to take away the firstfruits of the productions of…G536 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- becomeginomaito becomeG1096 →
- risenegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- sleptkoimaōto cause to sleep, put to sleep, metaph., to still, calm, quiet, to fall asleep, to…G2837 →
- sinceepeidēwhen now, since now, of time when now, after that, of cause since, seeing that, forasmuch…G1894 →
- deaththanatosthe death of the body, that separation of the soul and the body by which the life on…G2288 →
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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, Co1 15:20.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 20-34