1 Corinthians 15:51

1 Corinthians chapter 15 · verse 51 in three public-domain English translations with cross-references

Parallel translations

WEB

World English Bible · 2000

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

KJV

King James Version · 1611

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

ASV

American Standard Version · 1901

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

Context

v.50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.

v.51This passage

v.52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

Cross references

Related passages from across Scripture, drawn from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:20

    But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.

  • 1 Thessalonians 4:14

    For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also that are fallen asleep in Jesus will God bring with him.

  • 1 Corinthians 15:6

    then he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep;

  • Ephesians 1:9

    making known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he purposed in him

  • 1 Corinthians 2:7

    but we speak God’s wisdom in a mystery, even the wisdom that hath been hidden, which God foreordained before the worlds unto our glory:

  • Philippians 3:21

    who shall fashion anew the body of our humiliation, that it may be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working whereby he is able even to subject all things unto himself.