1 Corinthians 15:46

The Resurrection Body

45So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit.46The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.47The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.

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Berean Standard Bible
The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.
American Standard Version (1901)
Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.
Bible in Basic English
But that which is natural comes before that which is of the spirit.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Yet that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; afterwards that which is spiritual.
Free Bible Version
The spiritual did not come first, but the natural—the spiritual came after that.
Geneva Bible 1599
Howbeit that was not first which is spirituall: but that which is naturall, and afterward that which is spirituall.
King James (Authorized) Version
Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
Plain English Version
It is like this. Right now, each of us has a normal body. They are the bodies we got at first. But later we will each get a new spiritual body.
Translation for Translators
But our bodies that God’s Spirit ◄will completely control/will give us► are not the first bodies that we have. We have our natural bodies first.
Unlocked Literal Bible
But the spiritual did not come first but the natural, and then the spiritual.
Noah Webster Bible
However, that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.
World English Bible
However, that which is spiritual isn’t first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual.
Young's Literal Translation
but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.