1 Corinthians 15:53

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

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KJV

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

ASV

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

YLT

for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

DBT

For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.

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The blossom of the resurrection is immortality and incorruption. What is richer than everlasting rest? What is a source of greater gain and satisfaction than perpetual security? Here is the manifold fruit, the harvest, whereby man's nature grows more vigorous and productive after death.

Ambrose of Milan· On the Death of Satyrus 2.54, 397patristic

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For this corruptible must put on incorruption,....

John Gill· Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)reformed

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.

Albert Barnes· Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)evangelical

He sums up the argument with a very serious exhortation to Christians, to be resolved and diligent in their Lord's service, because they know they shall be so gloriously rewarded by him,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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1 Peter 1:23
For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
2 Corinthians 5:2–4
For in this tent we groan, longing to be clothed with our heavenly dwelling,
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 He is.
2 Corinthians 4:11
For we who are alive are always consigned to death for Jesus’ sake, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our mortal body.
Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
2 Corinthians 5:4
So while we are in this tent, we groan under our burdens, because we do not wish to be unclothed but clothed, so that our mortality may be swallowed up by life.
Romans 13:12–14
The night is nearly over; the day has drawn near. So let us lay aside the deeds of darkness and put on the armor of light.
Romans 2:7
To those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory, honor, and immortality, He will give eternal life.
Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
Galatians 3:27
For all of you who were baptized into Christ have clothed yourselves with Christ.
2 Timothy 1:10
And now He has revealed this grace through the appearing of our Savior, Christ Jesus, who has abolished death and illuminated the way to life and immortality through the gospel,
Revelation 20:14
Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death—the lake of fire.

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The Crucifixion — 'Christ crucified' (1 Cor 2:2) — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Canon: New Testament
Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

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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
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…
leads to
- 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.
- Colossians 3:4
  When Christ, who is your life, appears, then you also will appear with Him in glory.
- 1 Corinthians 13:12
  Now we see but a dim reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known.
- 2 Corinthians 3:18
  And we, who with unveiled faces all reflect the glory of the Lord, are being transformed into His image with intensifying glory, which comes from the Lord, who is the Spirit.
Through
Ephesians 4:24
and to put on the new self, created to be like God in true righteousness and holiness.
leads to
- Colossians 3:10–14
  and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- 2 Corinthians 5:17
  Therefore if anyone is in Christ, he is a new creation. The old has passed away. Behold, the new has come!
- Romans 13:14
  Instead, clothe yourselves with the Lord Jesus Christ, and make no provision for the desires of the flesh.
- Ephesians 2:10
  For we are God’s workmanship, created in Christ Jesus to do good works, which God prepared in advance as our way of life.

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