Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
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Gill's Exposition
And as we have borne the image of the earthy,.... Which regards not so much the sinful image of the first man upon the soul, or the depravity of the powers and faculties of it, as his image of frailty…
Barnes' Notes
Howbeit - There is a due order observed, 1Co 15:23. The decaying, the dying, the weak, the corruptible, in the proper order of events, was first. This order was necessary, and this is observed…
Adam Clarke
That was not first which is spiritual - The natural or animal body, described Co1 15:44, was the first; it was the body with which Adam was created. The spiritual body is the last, and is that with…
The apostle comes now to answer a plausible and principal objection against the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead, concerning which observe the proposal of the objection: Some man will say, How…
Cambridge Bible
Howbeit that was no first which is spiritual See note on 1Co 15:15. "The law of God's universe is progress." Robertson. His whole lecture on this passage will repay study. He shews how the Fall was an…