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Two Adams, Two Destinies
Commentators explain this verse presents Adam and Christ as two representative heads for humanity. Just as our connection to Adam universally resulted in physical death, our connection to Christ results in life. Adam is the source of our mortality; Christ is the source of our resurrection.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 15:22
18th Century
Theologian
For as in Adam. en tō Adam. By Adam; by the act, or by means of Adam; as a consequence of his act. His deed was the procuring cau…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 15:22
Shall be made alive (ζωοποιηθησοντα). First future passive indicative of ζωοποιεω, late verb (Aristotle) to give life, to restore …
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 15:22
19th Century
Bishop
As in Adam . . .—Better, as in the Adam all die, so in the Christ will all be made alive. The first Adam and the second A…
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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 15:22
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 Gill
On 1 Corinthians 15:22
17th Century
Pastor
For as in Adam all die
The apostle here shows who he meant in the former verse, by the one man the cause of death, and by the …
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…