1 Corinthians 15:46

The Passion Translation

However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual.

Cross References

Romans 6:6

Could it be any clearer that our former identity is now and forever deprived of its power? For we were co-crucified with him to dismantle the stronghold of sin within us, so that we would not continue to live one moment longer submitted to sin’s power.

1 Corinthians 15:45

For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man was from the dust of the earth; the second Man is Yahweh, from the realm of heaven.

1 Corinthians 2:14

Someone living on an entirely human level rejects the revelations of God’s Spirit, for they make no sense to him. He can’t understand the revelations of the Spirit because they are only discovered by the illumination of the Spirit.