1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
In Context
Cross References
1 Corinthians 4:1Let a man so account of us, as of ministers of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 15:6then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some also are fallen asleep;
1 Corinthians 15:20But now hath Christ been raised from the dead; he became the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
Ephesians 3:3how that by revelation he made known unto me the mystery, as I wrote before in few words,
Philippians 3:21who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto 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 →