By man also (δα δι' ανθρωπου). That is Jesus, the God-man, the Second Adam (Romans 5:12). The hope of the resurrection…

For since by man came death. By Adam, or by means of his transgre ion. See 1 Corinthians 15:22. The sense is, evidently, that …

For since by man . . .—The image of the firstfruits is followed up by an explanation of the unity of Christ and Humanity.…

Of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall…

These verses are similar to Paul’s two-category contrast in Ro 5:12–21. The man who brought death is Adam, and the one who will bring about the res…

Since by man came death. The point to be proved is that Christ is the first-fruits, and that it was not merely as an individual t…

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 …

All who are by faith united to Christ are by His resurrection assured of their own resurrection. Just as through the sin of the first Adam all huma…

Here, the Apostle proves that the conditional statement previously set forth is true: if Christ arose, the dead will rise. He does this in three st…