1 Corinthians 15:47

Now this I say, brethren,.... Upon the whole, I assert this, and observe it to you, out of a truly Christian respect for you, as brethren in the Lord, that

flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom…

The first man - Adam. Is of the earth - Was made of the dust; see Gen 2:7. Earthy - Partaking of the earth; he was a mass of animated clay, and could be appropriately called “dust;” Gen 3:19. Of…

The first man is of the earth - That is: Adam's body was made out of the dust of the earth; and hence the apostle says he was χοΐκος, of the dust; for the body was made עפר מן האדמה aphar min…

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…

The first man is of the earth, earthy See Gen 2:7. The word earthy(χοϊκός from χοῦς dust) is an allusion to the -dust of the ground" in that passage, in the Septuagint χους.

the second man is the Lord…