45 And so it is written, Gen. 2:7"The first man Adam became a living being." (Rom. 5:14)The last Adam becameJohn 5:21; 6:57; (Rom. 8:2; Phil. 3:21; Col. 3:4)a life-giving spirit.
46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual. 47 John 3:31The first man was of the earth, Gen. 2:7; 3:19made of dust; the second Man is the Lord John 3:13from heaven. 48 As was the man of dust, so also are those whoaremade of dust; Phil. 3:20and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those whoare heavenly. 49 And Gen. 5:3as we have borne the image of the man of dust, Rom. 8:29; (2 Cor. 3:18; Phil. 3:21; 1 John 3:2)we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.