1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed,

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

In Context

50Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability.

52in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be transformed.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 4:1Thus let a man regard us as of helpers of Christ, and managers of mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 15:6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some also slept.

1 Corinthians 15:20But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.

Ephesians 3:3that according to revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.

Philippians 3:21who will transform the body of our lowliness, in order for it to become similar in form to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power even to subject all things to himself.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:36-51

The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 35 But some man will say, How are the dead raised up? and with what body do they come? 36 Thou fool, that which thou sowest is not quickened, except it die: 37 And that which thou sowest, thou sowest not that body that shall be, but bare grain, it may chance of wheat, or of some other grain: 38 But God giveth it a body as it hath pleased him, and to every seed his own body. 39 All flesh is not the same flesh: but there is one kind of flesh of men, another flesh of beasts,… Read the whole commentary →

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