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For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
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God's Perfect Symmetry
Commentators emphasize the deliberate parallel Paul draws. Just as death entered the world through one man's actions (Adam), God designed the solution to also come through one man (Christ). Scholars like John Calvin note this isn't just a nice comparison; it's a divine strategy of restoration. The problem came through humanity, and the solution came through the God-man, Jesus.
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1 Corinthians
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18th Century
Presbyterian
For since by man came death. By Adam, or by means of his transgression. See 1 Corinthians 15:22. The sense is, evidently, that…
By man also (δα δι' ανθρωπου). That is Jesus, the God-man, the Second Adam (Romans 5:12). The hope of the resurrection…
19th Century
Anglican
For since by man . . .—The image of the firstfruits is followed up by an explanation of the unity of Christ and Humanity.…
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Baptist
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurre…
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…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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…
13th Century
Catholic
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…
