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1 Corinthians 15:46
1 Corinthians 15:46 is verse 46 of 1 Corinthians chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
King James Version
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
World English Bible
However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
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1 Corinthians 15:44–48 · Berean Standard Bible
44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.
45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.
46 The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
48 As was the earthly man, so also are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
Romans 6:6We know that our old self was crucified with Him so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we should no longer be slaves to sin.
Ephesians 4:22to put off your former way of life, your old self, which is being corrupted by its deceitful desires;
Ephesians 4:23to be renewed in the spirit of your minds;
Ephesians 4:24and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
Colossians 3:9Do not lie to one another, since you have taken off the old self with its practices,
Colossians 3:10and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.