Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
But here's the thing, the spiritual didn't come first. We start with our natural, physical bodies, and then comes the spiritual.
We're built to grow from physical to spiritual, it's all part of the process.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century AD, the Apostle Paul wrote his letter to the Corinthian church, a diverse group in a Greek city influenced by various philosophies, to address doubts and misunderstandings about the resurrection of the dead. In 1 Corinthians 15, Paul explains the sequence of God's plan by contrasting the first Adam, who was created as a natural, earthly being, with Christ, the last Adam, who represents the spiritual and resurrected life. This teaching helped the Corinthians grasp that physical existence must come before spiritual transformation in the order of redemption.
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