1st Corinthians Chapter 15 verse 23 Holy Bible
But each in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; then they that are Christ's, at his coming.
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But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.
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But each in his own rank: [the] first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ's at his coming.
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But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
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But each in his own order: Christ the first fruits, then those who are Christ's, at his coming.
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and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ's, in his presence,
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Pulpit Commentary
Pulpit CommentaryVerse 23. - In his own order. The word in classic Greek means "a cohort." Here it must either mean "rank" or be used as in St. Clement ('Ad. Corinthians,' 1:37), in the sense of "order of succession." They that are Christ's. "The dead in Christ" (1 Thessalonians 4:16). At his coming. The word here used for the second Advent is Parousia, which means literally, presence. It is implied (apparently) both here and in 1 Thessalonians 4:15-17; Revelation 20:5, that there shall be an interval - how long or how short we do not know - between this resurrection of the just and the final resurrection. But all the details are left dim and vague.
Ellicott's Commentary
Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers(23) But every man in his own order.--Or, literally, in his own troop. There is to be a sequence in the resurrection of the dead, and St. Paul explains this by the three groups:--(1) Christ Himself, the firstfruits; (2) the faithful in Christ at His coming; (3) all the rest of mankind at the end, when the final judgment takes place. The interval between these latter two, as to its duration, or where or how it will be spent, is not spoken of here. The only point the Apostle has to treat of is the order of the resurrection. (See 1Thessalonians 4:13; 1Thessalonians 4:17; Revelation 20)
