1 Corinthians 15:47
The first man came from the earth and was made of dust; the second man comes from heaven.
Treated in 5 passages across the library.
Where it is preached
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 13 — Christ Clothed with the True Substance of Human Nature cites I Cor. 15:47
…of his body as heavenly, but of the spiritual life which derived from Christ quickens us (I Cor. 15:47). This life Paul and Peter, as we have seen, separate from his flesh. Nay, that passage…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 2, Chapter 12 — Christ, to Perform the Office of Mediator, Behoved to Become Man cites 1 Cor. 15:47
…of Adam (Luke 3:38). I should like to know why Christ is termed by Paul the second Adam (1 Cor. 15:47), unless it be that a human condition was decreed him, for the purpose of raising up the…
- A Treatise Concerning Religious Affections ·
VIII. Truly gracious affections differ from those affections that are false and delusive, in that they tend to, and are attended with the lamblike, dovelike spirit and temper of Jesus Christ cites 1 Cor. 15:47
…they also that are earthly; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly, 1 Cor. 15:47, 48, 49.—Christ is full of grace; and Christians all receive of his fullness, and grace…
- Institutes of the Christian Religion ·
Book 4, Chapter 17 — Of the Lord’s Supper, and the Benefits Conferred by It cites 1 Cor. 15:47
…“The first man is of the earth, earthy; the second man is the Lord from heaven” (1 Cor. 15:47): Christ “made himself of no reputation, and took upon him the form of a servant, and was…
- The God of All Comfort ·
Conformed to the Image of Christ cites 1 Corinthians 15:45-49
…borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the man of heaven” (1 Corinthians 15:45-49). It is deeply interesting to see that this process, which was begun in Genesis, is…