“For as in Adam All Die, Even So in Christ Shall All Be Made Alive”
1 Corinthians 15:20–23
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
Elder James E. Talmage wrote:
“The Resurrection was a favorite theme with Paul; in his epistles to the Saints, he gave it frequent and prominent attention [see Rom. 6:5; 8:11; 1 Cor. 15; 2 Cor. 4:14; Philip. 3:21; Col. 3:4; 1 Thes. 4:14; Heb. 6:2]. From him also we learn that an order of precedence is to be observed in the Resurrection: ‘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. But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at His coming’ [1 Cor. 15:20–23; the entire chapter should be studied].”
(The Articles of Faith, 12th ed. [1924], 388.)
