1 Corinthians 15:46

Plain English Version

It is like this. Right now, each of us has a normal body. They are the bodies we got at first. But later we will each get a new spiritual body.

Cross References

Romans 6:6

We know that they nailed Jesus Christ to that cross, and it was like they nailed a part of us there too, that old part of us that makes us do wrong things all the time. It got nailed to that cross with Jesus, and it is dead. So now it doesn’t have any power over us. It can’t make us do bad things.

1 Corinthians 15:45

This is what God says in his book, “The 1st man, Adam, became a living person.” But we can think of Jesus, that he is the last Adam. You see, he is the spirit that makes people alive.

1 Corinthians 15:47

And think about Adam. He was the 1st man, and he came from the ground. But Jesus, the 2nd man, came from heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:14

You see, if God’s spirit is not living inside people, they can’t believe any message from God. They can’t understand what God wants to teach them. They think it is all stupid. You see, the Holy Spirit is the only one that can help people understand the things of God.