1 Corinthians 15:47-57 (Epistle, Departed, variant)
- 47
- The first man was of the earth, made of dust; the second Man is the Lord from heaven.
- 48
- As was the man of dust, so also are those who are made of dust; and as is the heavenly Man, so also are those who are heavenly.
- 49
- And as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly Man.
- 50
- Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption.
- 51
- Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed –
- 52
- in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
- 53
- For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
- 54
- So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
- 55
- O Death, where is your sting? O Hell, where is your victory?
- 56
- The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law.
- 57
- But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.