Compare & Correlate · Explicit
Adam and Christ
Paul sets Adam and Christ side by side twice. In 1 Corinthians he quotes Genesis 2:7 and answers it; in Romans he names Adam and the death that came through him. Each row carries the verse that makes the link.
Explicit: A later verse makes this link, and it is printed on the arrow.
Adam and Christ. Explicit — a later text makes this connection, and the verse that makes it is printed on the arrow.
The words, as the corpus holds them (each checked present, or absent, in the verses cited beside it):
- נֶפֶשׁ nefesh, “soul, being”
- חַי chai, “living”
- עָפָר afar, “dust”
- מוּת mut, “die”
- אָדָם adam, “Adam, man”
Sources:
- Hebrew words checked against the annotated corpus by tests/test_correlations.py; Greek references checked against SBLGNT for existence only.
Row by row
| Genesis 2–5 | Romans 5 and 1 Corinthians 15 | |
|---|---|---|
| A living being | the man became a living beingGenesis 2:7 | the last Adam became a life-giving spirit1 Corinthians 15:45 |
| Linking verse: 1 Corinthians 15:45 — “thus it is written: the first man Adam became a living being” | ||
| Death through one | in the day you eat of it you shall surely dieGenesis 2:17 | sin came into the world through one man, and death through sinRomans 5:12 |
| Linking verse: Romans 5:12 — “through one man sin entered the world, and death through sin” | ||
| A type | all the days of Adam were 930 years, and he diedGenesis 5:5 | death reigned from Adam to MosesRomans 5:14 |
| Linking verse: Romans 5:14 — “Adam, who is a type of the one who was to come” | ||
Where it appears in the text
- Genesis 2 — the man becomes a living being
- Genesis 5 — all the days of Adam, and he died
- Romans 5 — death through one man; Adam a type
- 1 Corinthians 15 — the first Adam and the last
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