45 So it is written: “The first man Adam became a living being;” the last Adam a life-giving spirit. 46 The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual. 47 The first man was of the dust of the earth, the second man from heaven.
1 Corinthians 15:45–47
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John 3:5–7
5 Jesus answered, “Truly, truly, I tell you, no one can enter the kingdom of God unless he is born of water and the Spirit. 6 Flesh is born of flesh, but spirit is born of the Spirit. 7 Do not be amazed that I said, ‘You must be born again.’
1 Corinthians 11:7–9
7 A man ought not to cover his head, since he is the image and glory of God; but the woman is the glory of man. 8 For man did not come from woman, but woman from man. 9 Neither was man created for woman, but woman for man.
Sirach 33:9–11
9 Some of them he exalted and hallowed, and some of them he has made ordinary days. (WEB) 10 And all men are from the ground. Adam was created from dust. (WEB) 11 In the abundance of his knowledge the Lord distinguished them, and made their ways different. (WEB)
1 Corinthians 15:21–23
21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man. 22 For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive. 23 But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.
1 Timothy 2:12–14
12 I do not permit a woman to teach or to exercise authority over a man; she is to remain quiet. 13 For Adam was formed first, and then Eve. 14 And it was not Adam who was deceived, but the woman who was deceived and fell into transgression.
1 Corinthians 11:11–13
11 In the Lord, however, woman is not independent of man, nor is man independent of woman. 12 For just as woman came from man, so also man is born of woman. But everything comes from God. 13 Judge for yourselves: Is it proper for a woman to pray to God with her head unc…
1 Corinthians 15:37–39
37 And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else. 38 But God gives it a body as He has designed, and to each kind of seed He gives its own body. 39 Not all flesh is the same: Men have one kind of flesh, animals have a…
Sirach 17:1–2
1 The Lord created mankind out of earth, and turned them back to it again. (WEB) 2 He gave them days by number, and a set time, and gave them authority over the things that are on it. (WEB)
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