1 Corinthians 15:50–58

The Mystery of Resurrection

⁵⁰Now I say this, brethren, that ^aflesh and blood cannot ^binherit the kingdom of God; nor does ¹the perishable inherit ^2cthe imperishable.

⁵¹Behold, I tell you a ^amystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be ^bchanged,

⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for ^athe trumpet will sound, and ^bthe dead will be raised ¹imperishable, and ^cwe will be changed.

⁵³For this ¹perishable must put on ^2athe imperishable, and this ^bmortal must put on immortality.

⁵⁴But when this ¹perishable will have put on ²the imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written, “^aDeath is swallowed up in victory.

⁵⁵“^aO death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”

⁵⁶The sting of ^adeath is sin, and ^bthe power of sin is the law;

⁵⁷but ^athanks be to God, who gives us the ^bvictory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^58aTherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in ^bthe work of the Lord, knowing that your toil is not in vain in the Lord.