King James Version

1 Corinthians 15:21

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “the” (ὁ) before death here.

ἐπειδὴepeidēsinceἐπειδήconjunction — “since”G1894of time: when, now, after that; of cause: seeing that, forasmuch as.This verse uses “since”.sinceγὰρgarforγάρconjunction — “for”G1063for.δι’dibyδιά (dia)preposition — “by”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.byἀνθρώπουanthrōpoumanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “man”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.manθάνατοςthanatoscame deathθάνατοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “came death”, the subject formG2288death, physical or spiritual.came deathκαὶkaicame alsoκαίadverb — “came also”G2532and, even, also, namely.This verse uses “also”.came alsoδι’dithroughδιά (dia)preposition — “through”G1223(a) gen: through, throughout, by the instrumentality of, (b) acc: through, on account of, by reason of, for the sake of, because of.This verse uses “through”.ἀνθρώπουanthrōpoua humanἄνθρωπος (anthrōpos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “a human”, the of-formG444a man, one of the human race.ἀνάστασιςanastasisresurrectionἀνάστασιςnoun, nominative, singular, feminine — “resurrection”, the subject formG386a rising again, resurrection.This verse uses “resurrection”.the resurrectionνεκρῶνnekrōnof the deadνεκρός (nekros)adjective, genitive, plural, masculine — “of the dead”, the of-formG3498(a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse.This verse uses “dead”.of the dead

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,

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American Standard Version (1901)

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.

Young’s Literal Translation

for since through man [is] the death, also through man [is] a rising again of the dead,

World English Bible

For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.

Darby Translation

For since by man [came] death, by man also resurrection of [those that are] dead.

Douay-Rheims

For by a man came death, and by a man the resurrection of the dead.

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