⁴⁵And so it is written, ^xThe first man Adam was made a living soul; ^ythe last Adam was made ^za quickening spirit. ⁴⁶Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is ^wnatural; and afterward that which is spiritual. ⁴⁷^aThe first man is of the earth, ^bearthy: the second man is ^a^cthe Lord from heaven. ⁴⁸As is the ^bearthy, such are they also that are ^bearthy: and as is the heavenly, ^dsuch are they also that are heavenly.

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xCited from Gen. 2:7.
ySo Rom. 5:14.
z John 5:21. So John 6:33, 39, 40, 54, 57. Rom. 8:2, 10.
wSee ch. 2:14.
bver. 48, 49. Wisd. 9:15 (Engl.). So Gen. 2:7 (Gk.). & 3:19.
bver. 48, 49. Wisd. 9:15 (Engl.). So Gen. 2:7 (Gk.). & 3:19.
bver. 48, 49. Wisd. 9:15 (Engl.). So Gen. 2:7 (Gk.). & 3:19.
dSo Phil. 3:20, 21.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual. The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. As was the man of dust, so also are those who are of the dust, and as is the man of heaven, so also are those who are of heaven.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit. The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual. The first man was of the dust of the earth; the second man is of heaven. As was the earthly man, so are those who are of the earth; and as is the heavenly man, so also are those who are of heaven.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

So it is written, The first man Adam became a living being; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second man is from heaven. Like the man of dust, so are those who are of the dust; like the man of heaven, so are those who are of heaven.

NLTNew Living Translation

The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit. What comes first is the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later. Adam, the first man, was made from the dust of the earth, while Christ, the second man, came from heaven. Earthly people are like the earthly man, and heavenly people are like the heavenly man.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit. But the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual. The first man is from the earth, made of earth; the second man is from heaven. As the one who is made of earth, so also are those who are made of earth, and as the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly.