1 CORINTHIANS 15:45 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.”
So it is written: 'The first man Adam became a living being'; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit — Paul cites Genesis 2:7 and applies Adam-Christ typology. Adam became a living soul (psychê zôsa); Christ is the life-giving Spirit (pneuma zôopoioun). Christ's resurrection is not mere resuscitation but transformation into Spirit-giving power.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:45
“So also it is written, Genesis 2:7 the first man Adam became a living soul: the last Adam became a life-giving Spirit.” And yet the one indeed is written, but the other not written. How then said he, “it is written?” He modified the expression according to the issue of events: as he is wont continually to do: and indeed as it is the way of every prophet. For so Jerusalem, the prophet said, should be “called a city of righteousness;” Isaiah 1:26 yet it was not so called.…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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