1 Corinthians 15:45 - An Understandable Version (2005 edition)45 So, it is also written [Gen. 2:7], “The first man, Adam, became a living being.” The last Adam [i.e., Christ], became the Spirit who gives [never ending] life. [See John 5:21]. Ver CapítuloMás versionesKing James Version (Oxford) 176945 And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit. Ver CapítuloAmplified Bible - Classic Edition45 Thus it is written, The first man Adam became a living being (an individual personality); the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving Spirit [restoring the dead to life]. [Gen. 2:7.] Ver CapítuloAmerican Standard Version (1901)45 So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. Ver CapítuloCommon English Bible45 So it is also written, “The first human, Adam, became a living person,” and the last Adam became a spirit that gives life. Ver CapítuloCatholic Public Domain Version45 Just as it was written that the first man, Adam, was made with a living soul, so shall the last Adam be made with a spirit brought back to life. Ver Capítulo |
It is the Holy Spirit who [Note: The Greek word here is “that” instead of “who”] gives life [i.e., understanding the spiritual nature of Jesus’ teaching can produce spiritual life]; the flesh is of no value [i.e., understanding Jesus’ teaching only in a physical sense makes it worthless]. The words I have spoken to you are [from the] Holy Spirit and [they give] life.
Then He said to me, “These things have already happened. [Note: These words express the certainty of what has been predicted in this book, even though not all the events had actually taken place yet]. I am the Alpha and the Omega [See note at 1:8], the beginning and the end. I will give the person who is [spiritually] thirsty [a drink] from the spring of water of life without his having to pay for it.
So then, just as [God’s] judgment came, condemning all people [to physical death] because of one sin [i.e., Adam’s]; even so the free gift of being made right with God and [resulting in] life may be received by all people because of one man’s [i.e., Christ’s] act of righteousness. [Note: This “life” may refer to spiritual life now, or to being made alive in the resurrection, which would reverse the curse of physical death caused by Adam’s sin].