But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
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Interpretation
All that are by faith united to Christ, are by his resurrection assured of their own. As through the sin of the first Adam, all men became mortal, because all had from him the same sinful nature, so, through the resurrection of Christ, shall all who are made to partake of the Spirit, and the spiritual nature, revive, and live for ever.
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This thought runs through 1 Corinthians 15:19-23.