King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:20 in the King James Version says “But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.” — study this verse from 1 Corinthians chapter 15 with commentary, cross-references, and original Greek word analysis.
“But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.”
1 Corinthians 15:20 · KJV
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
KJV Study — Public Domain
“is”
G1453to waken (transitively or intransitively), i.e., rouse (literally, from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively, from
“from”
G1537a primary preposition denoting origin (the point whence action or motion proceeds), from, out (of place, time, or cause literal or figurative; direct
“the firstfruits”
G536a beginning of sacrifice, i.e., the (jewish) first-fruit (figuratively)
“of them that slept”
G2837to put to sleep, i.e., (passively or reflexively) to slumber; figuratively, to decease
“and become”
G1096to cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.)
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