1 CORINTHIANS 15:46 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.”
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual — the order of creation and redemption: the psychic (natural, soulish) precedes the pneumatic (spiritual). Humanity begins earthly; resurrection elevates to heavenly mode of being.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:46
“For that is not first,” says he, “which is spiritual, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.” And he says not, why, but is content with the ordinance of God, having the evidence from the facts testifying to that most excellent œconomy of God, and implying that our state is always going forward to the better; at the same time by this also adding credibility to his argument. For if the lesser have come to pass, much more ought we to expect the better. Since…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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