1 CORINTHIANS 15:22 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.”
For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive — the universal scope: death reigns through Adam; life reigns through Christ. 'All' encompasses all humanity, though believers are 'in Christ' eschatologically. The death-life antithesis is absolute.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:22
“For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” What then? Tell me; did all die in Adam the death of sin ? How then was Noah righteous in his generation? And how Abraham? And how Job? And how all the rest? And what, I pray? Shall all be made alive in Christ? Where then are those who are led away into hell fire? Thus, if this be said of the body, the doctrine stands: but if of righteousness and sin, it does so no longer. Further, lest, on hearing that…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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