1 Corinthians 15:50-58 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does

the perishable inherit the imperishable. 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 imperishable, and we

shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this

mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperisha-

ble, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is

written:

“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55 “O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God,

who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abo