1 Corinthians 15:50–58

I declare to you, brothers and sisters, that flesh and blood^v cannot inherit the kingdom of God,^w nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.^x Listen, I tell you a mystery:^y We will not all sleep,^z but we will all be changed^a— in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound,^b the dead^c will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable^d must clothe itself with the imperishable,^e and the mortal with immortality. When 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.”^f

“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”^g

The sting of death is sin,^h and the power of sin is the law.ⁱ But thanks be to God!^j He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.^k

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