1 Corinthians 15:21
New International Version
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

New Living Translation
So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man.

English Standard Version
For as by a man came death, by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead.

Berean Standard Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

Berean Literal Bible
For since death came by a man, so also by a man has come the resurrection of the dead.

King James Bible
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

New King James Version
For since by man came death, by Man also came the resurrection of the dead.

New American Standard Bible
For since by a man death came, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

NASB 1995
For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

NASB 1977
For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

Legacy Standard Bible
For since by a man came death, by a man also came the resurrection of the dead.

Amplified Bible
For since [it was] by a man that death came [into the world], it is also by a Man that the resurrection of the dead has come.

Christian Standard Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

Holman Christian Standard Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

American Standard Version
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English
Just as by a man death came, in this way also by a man the dead come to life.

Contemporary English Version
Just as we will die because of Adam, we will be raised to life because of Christ.

Douay-Rheims Bible
For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.

English Revised Version
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

GOD'S WORD® Translation
Since a man brought death, a man also brought life back from death.

Good News Translation
For just as death came by means of a man, in the same way the rising from death comes by means of a man.

International Standard Version
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

Literal Standard Version
for since through man [is] death, also through Man [is] a resurrection of the dead,

Majority Standard Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

New American Bible
For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead came also through a human being.

NET Bible
For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also came through a man.

New Revised Standard Version
For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being;

New Heart English Bible
For since death came by a man, the resurrection of the dead also came by a man.

Webster's Bible Translation
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Weymouth New Testament
For seeing that death came through man, through man comes also the resurrection of the dead.

World English Bible
For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

Young's Literal Translation
for since through man is the death, also through man is a rising again of the dead,

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Context
The Order of Resurrection
20But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. 21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.…

Cross References
Romans 5:12
Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Romans 5:17
For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive an abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!


Treasury of Scripture

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

by man came death.

1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

Romans 5:12-17
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: …

by man came also.

John 11:25
Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:

Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

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1 Corinthians 15
1. By Christ's resurrection,
12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection,
16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body.
21. The fruit,
35. and the manner thereof;
51. and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day.














(21) For since by man . . .--The image of the firstfruits is followed up by an explanation of the unity of Christ and Humanity. The firstfruit must be a sample of the same kind as that which it represents. That condition is fulfilled in the case of the firstfruits of the resurrection.

Verse 21. - By man came death (see Romans 5:12, 17; Romans 6:21, 23).

Parallel Commentaries ...


Greek
For
γὰρ (gar)
Conjunction
Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.

since
ἐπειδὴ (epeidē)
Conjunction
Strong's 1894: Of time: when, now, after that; of cause: seeing that, forasmuch as. From epei and de; since now, i.e. when, or whereas.

death
θάνατος (thanatos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's 2288: Death, physical or spiritual. From thnesko; death.

[came] through
δι’ (di’)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

a man,
ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.

[the] resurrection
ἀνάστασις (anastasis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's 386: A rising again, resurrection. From anistemi; a standing up again, i.e. a resurrection from death (its author), or a recovery.

of [the] dead
νεκρῶν (nekrōn)
Adjective - Genitive Masculine Plural
Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.

[comes] also
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's 2532: And, even, also, namely.

through
δι’ (di’)
Preposition
Strong's 1223: A primary preposition denoting the channel of an act; through.

a man.
ἀνθρώπου (anthrōpou)
Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular
Strong's 444: A man, one of the human race. From aner and ops; man-faced, i.e. A human being.


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