1 Corinthians 15:50–58

⁵⁰I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^a cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^b nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^{c 51}Listen, I tell you a mystery:^d We will not all sleep,^e but we will all be changed^f—⁵²in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^g the dead^h will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. ⁵³For the perishableⁱ must clothe itself with the imperishable,^j and the mortal with immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”^hk

⁵⁵“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”^il

⁵⁶The sting of death is sin,^m and the power of sin is the law.^{n 57}But thanks be to God!^o He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^p

⁵⁸Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, stand firm. Let nothing move you. Always give yourselves fully to the work of the Lord,^q because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.^r