1 Corinthians 15:21-23

1 Cor. 15:21-23. "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 first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming." That is, all that are in Christ. The words import no more. For the Apostle speaks of no more being made alive in Christ than are in Him. The Apostle in these words has respect only to the resurrection of the saints, as is evident by the words that follow in the next verse - "But every man in his own order: Christ the first-fruits; afterward they that are Christ's at His coming." Indeed this resurrection only can well be called a being made alive, for this only is in Scripture called a resurrection to life. John 5:29; Daniel 12:2. This resurrection to life is alone meant by the word resurrection elsewhere, as Luke 20:35; Php_3:11. And it is this resurrection to life the Apostle evidently has a special respect to in the foregoing verses; and, indeed, throughout this whole chapter, as appears by 1 Corinthians 15:14; 1 Corinthians 15:17-20; 1 Corinthians 15:23; 1 Corinthians 15:29-32; 1 Corinthians 15:35, and all the following part of the chapter, especially verse 45, taking with the foregoing and following, and compared with those words we are now treating of. Therefore those that would argue from hence that Christ, as the second Adam or as man's surety, procures the resurrection of the wicked as well as of the just, argue without foundation.

1 Cor. 15:28