(June 16, 2012 at 5:37 pm)gringoperry Wrote: I have a question for christians regarding the quote in the title of this thread: Is it saying that we did not exist before God created a body for us?
What is being talked about here (Starting at verse 20 through 49) is the order in which the resurection takes place. what is being referenced in 46 and 47 are the references to the order of the spirit in verse 44 and the first and last Adam in 45.
42 So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown [l] a perishable body, it is raised [m] an imperishable body; 43 it is sown in dishonor, it is raised in glory; it is sown in weakness, it is raised in power; 44 it is sown a natural body, it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body. 45 So also it is written, “The first man, Adam, became a living soul.” The last Adam became a life-giving spirit. 46 However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.(referenceing back to verse 44) 47 The first man is from the earth,(Verse 45 and the first Adam) [n] earthy; the second man is from heaven. 48 As is the earthy, so also are those who are earthy; and as is the heavenly, so also are those who are heavenly. 49 Just as we have borne the image of the earthy, [o]we will also bear the image of the heavenly.
