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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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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 15:21
18th Century
Theologian
For since by man came death. By Adam, or by means of his transgression. See 1 Corinthians 15:22. The sense is, evidently, that…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 15:21
By man also (δα δι' ανθρωπου). That is Jesus, the God-man, the Second Adam (Romans 5:12). The hope of the resurrection…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 15:21
19th Century
Bishop
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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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 15:20–22
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 15:21
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…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 15:21
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 15:21
17th Century
Pastor
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 …
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 15:20–34
17th Century
Minister
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…