King James Version

1 Corinthians 15:47

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is the Lord from heaven.

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The KJV’s Greek text (Textus Receptus) adds “[is] the Lord” (ὁ κύριος) before from here.

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.πρῶτοςprōtosfirstπρῶτοςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “first”, the subject formG4413first, before, principal, most important.This verse uses “first”.The firstἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manἐκekis ofἐκpreposition — “is of”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.is ofγῆςgēsearthγῆ (gē)noun, genitive, singular, feminine — “earth”, the of-formG1093the earth, soil, land, region, country, inhabitants of a region.the earthχοϊκόςchoikosearthyχοϊκόςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “earthy”, the subject formG5517earthy, made of earth.This verse uses “earthy”.earthyὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.δεύτεροςdeuterossecondδεύτεροςadjective, nominative, singular, masculine — “second”, the subject formG1208second; with the article: in the second place, for the second time.This verse uses “second”.the secondἄνθρωποςanthrōposmanἄνθρωποςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “man”, the subject formG444a man, one of the human race.manἐξexfromἐκ (ek)preposition — “from”G1537from out, out from among, from, suggesting from the interior outwards.This verse uses “from”.fromοὐρανοῦouranouheavenοὐρανός (ouranos)noun, genitive, singular, masculine — “heaven”, the of-formG3772heaven, (a) the visible heavens: the atmosphere, the sky, the starry heavens, (b) the spiritual heavens.heaven

Textus Receptus Words Not in the SBL Text

ὁhotheὁarticle, nominative, singular, masculine — “the”, the subject formG3588the, the definite article.κύριοςkuriosis the Lordκύριοςnoun, nominative, singular, masculine — “is the Lord”, the subject formG2962lord, master, sir; the Lord.This verse uses “lord”.

Literal (Young’s Literal Translation)

The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;

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American Standard Version (1901)

The first man is of the earth, earthy: the second man is of heaven.

Young’s Literal Translation

The first man [is] out of the earth, earthy; the second man [is] the Lord out of heaven;

World English Bible

The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.

Darby Translation

the first man out of [the] earth, made of dust; the second man, out of heaven.

Douay-Rheims

The first man was of the earth, earthly: the second man, from heaven, heavenly.

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