1 Corinthians 15:51
Listen, I will tell you God’s hidden purpose! We will not all have passed to our rest, but we will all be transformed – in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
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In The King James Version
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
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1 Corinthians 4:1Let people look on us as Christ’s servants, and as stewards of the hidden truths of God.
1 Corinthians 15:6After that, he appeared to more than five hundred of his followers at one time, most of whom are still alive, though some have gone to their rest.
1 Corinthians 15:20But, in truth, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are at rest.
Ephesians 3:3and also that it was by direct revelation that the hidden purpose of God was made known to me, as I have already briefly told you.
Philippians 3:21By the exercise of his power to bring everything into subjection to himself, he will make our humble bodies like his glorious body.
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 →