1 Corinthians 15:21

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

1 Corinthians 15:21, King James Version

1 Corinthians 15:21 in other translations

BSB	For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
WEB	For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.
ASV	For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
YLT	for since through man is the death, also through man is a rising again of the dead,
DARBY	For since by man came death, by man also resurrection of those that are dead.
BBE	For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.
Webster	For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

What does 1 Corinthians 15:21 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown

21. by man ... by man--The first-fruits are of the same nature as the rest of the harvest; so Christ, the bringer of life, is of the same nature as the race of men to whom He brings it; just as Adam, the bringer of death, was of the same nature as the men on whom he brought it.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Barnes' Notes

Verse 21. For since by man came death. By Adam, or by means of his transgression. See 1Cor 15:22. The sense is, evidently, that in consequence of the sin of Adam all men die, or are subjected to temporal death. Or, in other words, man would not have died had it not been for the crime of the first man. Rom 5:12. This passage may be regarded as proof that death would not have entered the world had it not been for transgression; or, in other words, if man had not sinned, he would have remained immortal on the earth, or would have been translated to heaven, as Enoch and Elijah were, without seeing death. The apostle here, by "man," undoubtedly refers to Adam; but the particular and specific idea which he intends to insist on is, that as death came by human nature, or by a human being, by a man, so it was important and proper that immortality, or freedom from death, should come in the same way, by one who was a man. Man introduced death; man also would recover from death. The evil was introduced by one man; the recovery would be by another.

By man came also. By the Lord Jesus, the Son of God in human nature. The resurrection came by him, because he first rose--first of those who should not again die; because he proclaimed the doctrine, and placed it on a firm foundation; and because by his power the dead will be raised up. Thus he came to counteract the evils of the fall, and to restore man to more than his primeval dignity and honour. The resurrection through Christ win be with the assurance that all who are raised up by him shall never die again.

(d) "For since" Rom 5:12,17 (e) "came death, by man" Jn 11:25

Albert Barnes, 1834 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary

Verse 21 For since by man came death - Mortality came by Adam, immortality by Christ; so sure as all have been subjected to natural death by Adam, so sure shall all be raised again by Christ Jesus. Mortality and immortality, on a general ground, are the subject of the apostle's reasoning here; and for the explanation of the transgression of Adam, and the redemption by Christ, see the notes on Rom 5:10, etc.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:20-34

All that are by faith united to Christ, are by his resurrection assured of their own. As through the sin of the first Adam, all men became mortal, because all had from him the same sinful nature, so, through the resurrection of Christ, shall all who are made to partake of the Spirit, and the spiritual nature, revive, and live for ever. There will be an order in the resurrection. Christ himself has been the…

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1 Corinthians 15:21 in the original Greek

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ἘπειδὴEpeidēSinceG1894

γὰρgarforG1063

δι᾽di᾽throughG1223

ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua man [came]G444

θάνατοςthanatosdeathG2288

καὶkaialsoG2532

δι᾽di᾽throughG1223

ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua manG444

ἀνάστασιςanastasisresurrectionG386

νεκρῶν.nekrōnof [the] dead.G3498

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Cross references for 1 Corinthians 15:21

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 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: (For until the law sin was in the world: but sin is not imputed when there is no law. Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam’s transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come. But not as the offence, so also is the free gift. For if through the offence of one many be dead, much more the grace of God, and the gift by grace, which is by one man, Jesus Christ, hath abounded unto many. …
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

by man came death.
22; Ro 5:12-17
by man came also.
Joh 11:25; Ro 6:23

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Context

1 Corinthians 15:20
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
1 Corinthians 15:21
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:22
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.

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1 Corinthians 15:21 in other languages

Spanish Reina-Valera 1909	Porque por cuanto la muerte entró por un hombre, también por un hombre la resurrección de los muertos.
French Bible J.N. Darby 1885	Car puisque la mort est par l’homme, c’est par l’homme aussi qu’est la résurrection des morts;
German Elberfelder 1871	denn sintemal durch einen Menschen der Tod kam, so auch durch einen Menschen die Auferstehung der Toten.
Latin Clementine Vulgate	quoniam quidem per hominem mors, et per hominem resurrectio mortuorum.