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1 Corinthians 15

1 Corinthians 15:51

Where, O Death, Is Your Victory? · 1 Corinthians 15:50–58
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Translations

Modern
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
Traditional
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Literal
Behold, I speak to you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—
Latin
Ecce mysterium vobis dico: omnes quidem resurgemus, sed non omnes immutabimur.

Original

Greek
English
Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed—

Notes

1 Corinthians 15:51

  • The good news about Jesus reveals the once unknown secret of resurrection.

  • We will not all sleep: Paul might have expected the future resurrection during his own lifetime (compare 15:52; 1 Thessalonians 4:15, 17).

1 Corinthians 15:35–58

Paul talks about what resurrection bodies are like, possibly answering doubts. In the Greco-Roman world, people often believed the soul was immortal, but not that the body could rise again.

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Some church members doubted a future resurrection of the dead. Paul reassures them and addresses their skeptical questions by discussing the nature of a resurrection body.

Parallels

Hosea 13:9–14

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Body Body of Christ Death Eschatology First Letter to the Corinthians Glorification Intermediate State Life Mystery New Creation, New Creature Parousia Peter, the Apostle Place of the Dead Sleep

Topics

Body: Resurrection of Death of the Righteous Death: Called Sleep Death: Exemption From: Promised to Saints at the Second Coming of Christ Festival of Trumpets Gain the Whole World Glorified Bodies Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Resistance Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning The Resurrection of Saints Shall be Followed by the Change of Those Then Alive What Happens When you Die Zombies