1 Corinthians 15:53

Contextual Overview

⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- ⁵¹ I will explain a mystery to you. Not every one of us will die, but we will all be changed. ⁵¹ Look, I will tell you a secret — not all of us will die! But we will all be changed! ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹ But listen, I tell you this secret: We will not all die, but we will all be changed. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹ See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed. ⁵¹ Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleepe, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed,

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put: Romans 13:12-14, 2 Corinthians 5:2-4, Galatians 3:27, Ephesians 4:24, 1 John 3:2

Reciprocal: Numbers 23:10 - the death Job 17:14 - corruption Job 19:26 - in my flesh Luke 20:36 - can Acts 13:36 - and saw Romans 2:7 - immortality Romans 6:12 - mortal Romans 8:11 - mortal 2 Corinthians 4:11 - our 2 Corinthians 5:4 - that mortality Philippians 2:30 - the work Philippians 3:21 - the working Colossians 3:10 - put 2 Timothy 1:10 - and hath 1 Peter 1:23 - not Revelation 20:14 - death

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For this corruptible must put on incorruption,.... The apostle returns to what he had before asserted, concerning the necessity of an alteration in the qualities of bodies, in order to the enjoyment of the heavenly state; showing, that the selfsame body the saints now have, for he seems to point with his finger to his own, and which are incorruptible ones, shall and must be clothed with incorruption:

and this mortal must put on immortality; the body that now is mortal, must become immortal; it must put off its rags of mortality, and be clothed with the shining robes of immortality; and which must be done, either by first dying, and then rising from the dead; or by undergoing alive a quick and sudden change, which will at once remove all corruption and mortality; see:

"He answered and said unto me, These be they that have put off the mortal clothing, and put on the immortal, and have confessed the name of God: now are they crowned, and receive palms.'' (2 Esdras 2:45)

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

For this corruptible ... - It is necessary that a change should take place, either by dying and then being raised, or by being changed without seeing death; for we cannot enter heaven as we are now.

Must put on - The word used here (ἐνδύνω endunō ) properly means to go in, to envelope, to put on as a garment; and then to put on any thing; as the soul is, as it were, clothed with, or invested with a body; and here it means, must be endued with, or furnished with. It is equivalent to saying that this corruptible become incorruptible, and this mortal must become immortal. We must cease to be corruptible and mortal, and must become incorruptible and immortal. The righteous who remain till the coming of Christ shall be at once changed, and invested, as Enoch and Elijah were, with incorruption and immortality.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 53. For this corruptible, c.] Because flesh and blood cannot inherit glory therefore, there must be a refinement by death, or a change without it.