1Cor 15:48-49 | TNotes | STEP | 15:48 Earthly people (literally those of the dust ): Like Adam, natural human beings are under the curse of sin and death. All return to dust (see Gen 3:19 )—they all die. • heavenly people are like the heavenly man: Those who belong to Christ are like him in having an unending spiritual life.

bGen 3:19►

dRom 6:4-14►

‏ 1 Corinthians 15:48-49

15:48 ^a Earthly people (literally those of the dust): Like Adam, natural human beings are under the curse of sin and death. All return to dust (see Gen 3:19 ^b)—they all die.

• heavenly people are like the heavenly man: Those who belong to Christ are like him in having an unending spiritual life.
15:49 ^c Like the earthly man, Adam, we have physical bodies in this life. But we will someday be like Christ, the heavenly man, experiencing the Kingdom of God in resurrection bodies (cp. Rom 6:4-14 ^d).