1 Corinthians 15:51 “Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all b…”

1 Corinthians 15:51

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

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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

World English Bible

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

American Standard Version

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,

Geneva Bible 1599

Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleepe, but we shall all be changed,

Darby Translation

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

Young's Literal Translation

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

Bible in Basic English

See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.

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Cross references

“I shew”

Ephesians 1:9 1 Corinthians 4:1 1 Corinthians 2:7 1 Corinthians 13:2 Ephesians 3:3 Ephesians 5:32

Ephesians 1:9 · BSB

And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ

1 Corinthians 4:1 · BSB

So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 2:7 · BSB

No, we speak of the mysterious and hidden wisdom of God, which He destined for our glory before time began.

1 Corinthians 13:2 · BSB

If I have the gift of prophecy and can fathom all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have absolute faith so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing.

Ephesians 3:3 · BSB

that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.

Ephesians 5:32 · BSB

This mystery is profound, but I am speaking about Christ and the church.

“We shall not”

1 Thessalonians 4:14–17 1 Corinthians 15:20 1 Corinthians 15:6 1 Corinthians 15:18

1 Thessalonians 4:14–17 · BSB

For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.

1 Corinthians 15:20 · BSB

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:6 · BSB

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

1 Corinthians 15:18 · BSB

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

“changed”

Philippians 3:21

Philippians 3:21 · BSB

who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

50Now I declare to you, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

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

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