1 Corinthians 15:51 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:51

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

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

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

KJV

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

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Commentary

1 voice

Jerome

Letter 119 (420)

You ask in what sense it was said, and how it should be read in the first letter of the Apostle Paul to the Corinthians: "We shall all indeed rise again, but we shall not all be changed" (1 Corinthians 15:5). Or according to some examples: "We shall not all sleep, but we shall all indeed be changed," for both are found in Greek manuscripts. Concerning this, Theodore Heracleotes, who was from the city once called Perinthus, spoke in the Apostle's little commentaries: "We shall all indeed not sleep, but we shall all be changed."

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Albert Barnes

1798–1870

Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)

Behold I show you - This commences the third subject of inquiry in the chapter, the question, what will become of those who are alive when the Lord Jesus shall return to raise the dead? This was an obvious inquiry, and the answer was, perhaps, supposed to be difficult. Paul answers it directly, and says that they will undergo an instantaneous change, which will make them like the dead that shall be raised. A mystery - On the meaning of this word, see the note on 1Co 2:

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)

English Version is supported by some of the oldest manuscripts and Fathers. The Greek is literally "We all shall not sleep, but," &c. The putting off of the corruptible body for an incorruptible by an instantaneous change will, in the case of "the quick," stand as equivalent to death, appointed to all men (Heb 9:27); of this Enoch and Elijah are types and forerunners.

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Original language & word study

10 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἰδοὺ	idou	Behold	G2400 →
μυστήριον	mustērion	a mystery	G3466 →
ὑμῖν	humin	to you	G4771 →
λέγω·	legō	I tell;	G3004 →
πάντες	pantes	All	G3956 →
οὐ	ou	not	G3756 →
κοιμηθησόμεθα,	koimēthēsometha	we will sleep,	G2837 →
πάντες	pantes	all	G3956 →
δὲ	de	however	G1161 →
ἀλλαγησόμεθα	allagēsometha	we will be changed —	G236 →

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The walk

The walk8

Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Philippians 3:21
who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
leads to
- 1 John 3:2
  Beloved, we are now children of God, and what we will be has not yet been revealed. We know that when Christ appears, we will be like Him, for we will see Him as…
- Colossians 3:4
  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
- 1 Corinthians 15:42–56
  So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
- Romans 8:29
  For those God foreknew, He also predestined to be conformed to the image of His Son, so that He would be the firstborn among many brothers.
Through
1 Corinthians 4:1
So then, men ought to regard us as servants of Christ and stewards of the mysteries of God.
leads to
- 1 Peter 4:10
  As good stewards of the manifold grace of God, each of you should use whatever gift he has received to serve one another.
Through
Ephesians 1:9
And He has made known to us the mystery of His will according to His good pleasure, which He purposed in Christ
leads to
- Colossians 1:26–28
  the mystery that was hidden for ages and generations but is now revealed to His saints.
- Romans 16:25–27
  Now to Him who is able to strengthen you by my gospel and by the proclamation of Jesus Christ, according to the revelation of the mystery concealed for ages past
- Ephesians 3:3–9
  that is, the mystery made known to me by revelation, as I have already written briefly.