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We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit. Physical life comes first, then spiritual—a firm base shaped from the earth, a final completion coming out of heaven. The First Man was made out of earth, and people since then are earthy; the Second Man was made out of heaven, and people now can be heavenly. In the same way that we’ve worked from our earthy origins, let’s embrace our heavenly ends.

And so it is written, The first man Adam was made a living soul; the last Adam was made a quickening spirit.

So also it is written, “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

It is written in the Scriptures: “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam became a spirit that gives life.

So also it is written, The first man Adam became a living soul. The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam, a life-giving spirit.

And so it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit.

So it is written [in Scripture], “The first MAN, Adam, BECAME A LIVING SOUL (an individual);” the last Adam (Christ) became a life-giving spirit [restoring the dead to life]. [Gen 2:7]

The Scriptures tell us, “The first man, Adam, became a living person.” But the last Adam—that is, Christ—is a life-giving Spirit.

For it is written: The first man, Adam, became a living soul. The last Adam became the life-giving Spirit.

Thus it is written, “The first man Adam became a living being”; the last Adam became a life-giving spirit.