51
Look,ἰδοὺI tellλέγωyouὑμῖνa mystery:μυστήριονwe will notοὐallπάντεςfall asleep,κοιμηθησόμεθαbutδὲwe will allπάντεςbe changed,ἀλλαγησόμεθα
1 Corinthians 15:51
Study it in the app“Look, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,”
Paul speaks of a mystery: we will be changed and death will be swallowed upThe Resurrection
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:51, word by word
- I tellλέγωlegō
say
To express something in words to others.
Where else “legō” appears- a mysteryμυστήριονmystērion
mystery
Mystery: what was hidden and God makes known.
Where else “mystērion” appears- fall asleepκοιμηθησόμεθαkoimēthēsometha
pass away
To die, like drifting off to rest.
Where else “koimēthēsometha” appears- be changedἀλλαγησόμεθαallagēsometha
change
Change, exchange one thing for another.
Where else “allagēsometha” appears
The context
50Now this I say, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does decay inherit imperishability.
51 · This verse (above)
52in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.