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The new state of "giving spiritual life" was a matter of becoming through Christ's sacrificial death and his resurrection, not a matter of him being created. Paul was not just arguing for the resurrection. He was also arguing for Christ's resurrection.

וַֽיְהִ֥י הָֽאָדָ֖ם לְנֶ֥פֶשׁ חַיָּֽה (from Gen. 2:7, MT)

The new state of "giving spiritual life" was a matter of becoming through Christ's sacrificial death and his resurrection, not a matter of him being created. It refers to Christ's resurrected body. Paul was not just arguing for the resurrection. He was also arguing for Christ's resurrection.

οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται· ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος °ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, ὁ ἔσχατος °1Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν. (1 Cor. 15:45, NA28)

3. "Become" is understood from the preposition εἰς.

The new state of "giving spiritual life" was a mater of becoming through Christ's sacrificial death and his resurrection, not a matter of him being created. Paul was not just arguing for the resurrection. He was also arguing for Christ's resurrection.

οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται· ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος °ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, ὁ ἔσχατος °1Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν. (1 Cor. 15:45, NA28)

3. "Become" is understood from the preposition εἰς. However, ἐγένετο only occurs with the first Adam. It is understood with the last Adam.

The new state of "giving spiritual life" was a matter of becoming through Christ's sacrificial death and his resurrection, not a matter of him being created. Paul was not just arguing for the resurrection. He was also arguing for Christ's resurrection.

οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται· ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος °ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, ὁ ἔσχατος °1Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν. (1 Cor. 15:45, NA28)

οὕτως καὶ γέγραπται· ἐγένετο ὁ πρῶτος °ἄνθρωπος Ἀδὰμ εἰς ψυχὴν ζῶσαν, ὁ ἔσχατος °1Ἀδὰμ εἰς πνεῦμα ζῳοποιοῦν. (1 Cor. 15:45, NA28)