1 Corinthians 15:46 — Compare All Translations

English (YLT) 1898 Young's Literal Translation by Robert Young

but that which is spiritual [is] not first, but that which [was] natural, afterwards that which [is] spiritual.

English ASV

Howbeit that is not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; then that which is spiritual.

English Amplified

But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

English Amplified Classic Bible 1987

But it is not the spiritual life which came first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

English Berean Standard Bible (BSB) 2025

The spiritual, however, was not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

English CSB 2017 - Christian Standard Bible

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, then the spiritual.

English Darby 1890 : Public Domain

But that which is spiritual [was] not first, but that which is natural, then that which is spiritual:

English EASY 2024

The spiritual body does not come first. No, what is human comes first. Then what is spiritual comes after that.

English ERV 2006 - Only For Website

The spiritual man did not come first. It was the physical man that came first; then came the spiritual.

But it is not the spiritual that is first but the natural, and then the spiritual.

English GNT (Good News Translation)

It is not the spiritual that comes first, but the physical, and then the spiritual.

English God's Word - GW 1995

The spiritual does not come first, but the physical and then the spiritual.

English HCSB 2004 - Copyrighted Only For Website

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

English KJV 1611

Howbeit that was not first which is spiritual, but that which is natural; and afterward that which is spiritual.

English LSB

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

English MEV 2014 (Modern English Version)

However, that which is spiritual is not first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

English NASB (New American Standard Bible - NASB 1995)

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural; then the spiritual.

English NASU 1989 - New American Standard Update - Only for Website

But the spiritual was not first; rather the natural and then the spiritual.

English NET Bible - 2005 (New English Translation)

However, the spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and then the spiritual.

English NIRV 1996 - Copyrighted only for Website

What is spiritual did not come first. What is earthly came first. What is spiritual came after that.

English NIV

The spiritual did not come first, but the natural, and after that the spiritual.

English NKJ 1982

However, the spiritual is not first, but the natural, and afterward the spiritual.

English NLT

What came first was the natural body, then the spiritual body comes later.

English NRSV 1989 - Only for website

But it is not the spiritual that is first, but the physical, and then the spiritual.

English Passion Translation Bible 2020

However, the spiritual didn’t come first. The natural precedes the spiritual.

English RSV (Revised Standard Version)

But it is not the spiritual which is first but the physical, and then the spiritual.

English TL (The Living Bible) (1971)

First, then, we have these human bodies, and later on God gives us spiritual, heavenly bodies.

English Tyndale 1537

but(Howbeit) that is not first which is spiritual: but that which is natural, and then that which is spiritual.

1 Corinthians 15:46 — Compare Translations