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1 Corinthians 15:45

“So also it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.”

1 Corinthians 15:45 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Genesis 2:7

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Paul quotes the end of Genesis 2:7 and adds “first” and “Adam”; the second half, about “the last Adam,” is his own.

Formula: οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται “so also it is written” (1 Corinthians 15:45)

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Greek of the New Testament: οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται Ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν ὁ ἔσχατος Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν

Hebrew (Masoretic text): וַיִּיצֶר יְהוָה אֱלֹהִים אֶת הָאָדָם עָפָר מִן הָאֲדָמָה וַיִּפַּח בְּאַפָּיו נִשְׁמַת חַיִּים וַיְהִי הָאָדָם לְנֶפֶשׁ חַיָּה

This passage could not be located with certainty in the transcription of the Septuagint we use, so it is not compared.

1 Corinthians 15:45, word by word

it is writtenγέγραπταιgegraptai

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegraptai” appears
The firstπρῶτοςprōtos

first

The one who comes before all others, in time or in order.

Where else “prōtos” appears
manἄνθρωποςanthrōpos

person

A person, man or woman.

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AdamἈδὰμAdam

Adam

Adam: the first man.

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becameἘγένετοEgeneto

become

To turn into something new, different from before.

Where else “Egeneto” appears
a livingζῶσανzōsan

live

To have life in the body, or receive it again after dying.

Where else “zōsan” appears
soulψυχὴνpsychēn

soul

A person's innermost self: what they feel and desire.

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the lastἔσχατοςeschatos

last

The one who comes behind all, in line or in esteem.

Where else “eschatos” appears
a life-givingζῳοποιοῦνzōiopoioun

give life

Give life, make alive; restore to life.

Where else “zōiopoioun” appears
spiritπνεῦμαpneuma

Spirit

God himself at work, giving life and dwelling in believers.

Where else “pneuma” appears

Translation note

Genesis 2:7.

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Quotation · Genesis 2:7

Paul quotes the end of Genesis 2:7 and adds “first” and “Adam”; the second half, about “the last Adam,” is his own.

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1 Corinthians 15:45

45So also it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

Genesis 2:7

7And YHWH Elohim formed the man from dust from the ground and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and the man became a living being.

The context

44it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual one.

45 · This verse (above)

46But the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

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