Focused Passage

1 Corinthians 15:50-53

Christ Is Risen, the Dead Will Be Raised, and Death Will Be Destroyed

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

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

52 in 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.

53 For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

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References and Original Words

Verse 50

Original words

Now δέ G1161 Conjunction I declare [to you] φημι G5346 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular - Τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular brothers ἀδελφοί G80 Noun - Vocative Masculine Plural that ὅτι G3754 Conjunction flesh σὰρξ G4561 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction blood αἷμα G129 Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular vvv οὐ G3756 Adverb cannot δύναται G1410 Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular inherit κληρονομῆσαι G2816 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Active [the] kingdom βασιλείαν G932 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular of God Θεοῦ G2316 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular nor οὐδὲ G3761 Conjunction {does} the G3588 Article - Nominative Feminine Singular perishable φθορὰ G5356 Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular inherit κληρονομεῖ G2816 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular the τὴν G3588 Article - Accusative Feminine Singular imperishable ἀφθαρσίαν G861 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular
Verse 51

Original words

Listen Ἰδοὺ G2400 Verb - Aorist Imperative Active - 2nd Person Singular I tell λέγω G3004 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 1st Person Singular you ὑμῖν G4771 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Dative 2nd Person Plural a mystery μυστήριον G3466 Noun - Accusative Neuter Singular {We will} not οὐ G3756 Adverb all πάντες G3956 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural sleep κοιμηθησόμεθα G2837 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural but δὲ G1161 Conjunction vvv πάντες G3956 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural we will all be changed ἀλλαγησόμεθα G236 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural
Verse 52

Original words

in ἐν G1722 Preposition an instant ἀτόμῳ G823 Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular in ἐν G1722 Preposition [the] twinkling ῥιπῇ G4493 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular of an eye ὀφθαλμοῦ G3788 Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular at ἐν G1722 Preposition the τῇ G3588 Article - Dative Feminine Singular last ἐσχάτῃ G2078 Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular trumpet σάλπιγγι G4536 Noun - Dative Feminine Singular For γάρ G1063 Conjunction the trumpet will sound σαλπίσει G4537 Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - καὶ G2532 Conjunction the οἱ G3588 Article - Nominative Masculine Plural dead νεκροὶ G3498 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural will be raised ἐγερθήσονται G1453 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural imperishable ἄφθαρτοι G862 Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural and καὶ G2532 Conjunction we ἡμεῖς G1473 Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural will be changed ἀλλαγησόμεθα G236 Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural
Verse 53

Original words

For γὰρ G1063 Conjunction the τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular perishable φθαρτὸν G5349 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular must δεῖ G1163 Verb - Present Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular - τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular be clothed ἐνδύσασθαι G1746 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle with [the] imperishable ἀφθαρσίαν G861 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular and καὶ G2532 Conjunction - τοῦτο G3778 Demonstrative Pronoun - Accusative Neuter Singular the τὸ G3588 Article - Accusative Neuter Singular mortal θνητὸν G2349 Adjective - Accusative Neuter Singular [with] ἐνδύσασθαι G1746 Verb - Aorist Infinitive Middle immortality ἀθανασίαν G110 Noun - Accusative Feminine Singular

BSB notes

  • Or clothe itself

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