So also it is written, The first man Adam became. living soul. The last Adam became. life-giving spirit.

'So also it is written'. Genesis 2:7

'The first man Adam' -Paul doesn't hold the view that. pre-Adamitic race of men lived on the earth and were destroyed prior to Adam. Paul did believe that Adam and Eve were actual historical persons. (1 Timothy 2:13)

'became. living soul' -'became. human being' (TCNT). The reference in Genesis 2:7 is describing the formation of Adam's physical body. The passage that points out that Adam also had. soul or spirit is 1 Corinthians 1:26-27.

'The last Adam' -Christ

'a life-giving spirit' -'We receive. ("living-soul") body fitted for life in this world from Adam; we receive. ("life-giving spirit" (a body fitted for life in the world to come) from Christ.' (Willis p. 579) (1 Corinthians 15:22)

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