Familiar Quotations / A Collection of Passages, Phrases, and Proverbs Traced to / Their Sources in Ancient and Modern Literature

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The first man is of the earth, earthy.

1 Corinthians xv. 47.

In the twinkling of an eye.

1 Corinthians xv. 52.

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

1 Corinthians xv. 55.

Not of the letter, but of the spirit; for the letter killeth, but the spirit giveth life.

2 Corinthians iii. 6.

We have such hope, we use great plainness of speech.

2 Corinthians iii. 12.