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1 Corinthians 15:21
1 Corinthians 15:21 is verse 21 of 1 Corinthians chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
King James Version
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
World English Bible
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
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1 Corinthians 15:19–23 · Berean Standard Bible
19 If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Corinthians 15:22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.
Romans 5:13For sin was in the world before the law was given; but sin is not taken into account when there is no law.
Romans 5:14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
Romans 5:15But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!
Romans 5:16Again, the gift is not like the result of the one man’s sin: The judgment that followed one sin brought condemnation, but the gift that followed many trespasses brought justification.
Romans 5:17For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!
John 11:25Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.