We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
1 Corinthians 15:46 - New Revised Standard Version But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual. American Standard Version (1901) Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual. Common English Bible But the physical body comes first, not the spiritual one—the spiritual body comes afterward. Catholic Public Domain Version So what is, at first, not spiritual, but animal, next becomes spiritual. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual. |
We know that our old self was crucified with him so that the body of sin might be destroyed, and we might no longer be enslaved to sin.
Thus it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.
The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven.
Those who are unspiritual do not receive the gifts of God's Spirit, for they are foolishness to them, and they are unable to understand them because they are spiritually discerned.