1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
KJV
ἰδοὺ μυστήριον ὑμῖν λέγω· πάντες οὐ κοιμηθησόμεθα, πάντες δὲ ἀλλαγησόμεθα,
Greek NT
Ecce mysterium vobis dico : omnes quidem resurgemus, sed non omnes immutabimur.
Vulgate
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
ASV
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall all indeed rise again: but we shall not all be changed.
Douay-Rheims
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In the original Greek
9 distinct Greek words appear in this verse.
δέ
de
conjunction · 2781×
κοιμάω
koimao
verb · 18×
λέγω
lego
verb · 2256×
μυστήριον
musterion
noun · 27×
οὐ
ou
particle · 1626×
πᾶς
pas
adjective · 1226×
ἀλλάσσω
allasso
verb · 7×
ὁράω
orao
verb · 682×
ὑμεῖς
umeis
pronoun · 1828×
Textual variants
1 variant unit attested by manuscript witnesses and modern critical editions.
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SBLGNT: πάντες | WH/Treg/NIV: πάντες | RP: + μὲν
- πάντες — SBLGNT
- πάντες — Westcott-Hort, Tregelles, Reader's GNT (NA27)
- + μὲν — Robinson-Pierpont
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Prophecy
Historic Christian voices
11 passages from patristic writers, Reformers, and church catechisms citing this verse.
Source. Translated by J. Walker, J. Sheppard and H. Browne, and revised by George B. Stevens. From Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series, Vol. 11. Edited by Philip Schaff. (Buffalo, NY: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1889.) Revised and edited for New Advent by Kevin Knight. <https://www.newadvent.org/fathers/210219.htm>. Contact information. The editor of New Adven…
Chapter 20.—What the Same Apostle Taught in the First Epistle to the Thessalonians Regarding the Resurrection of the Dead. But the apostle has said nothing here regarding the resurrection of the dead; but in his first Epistle to the Thessalonians he says, “We would not have you to be ignorant brethren, concerning them which are asleep,”14081408 1 Thess. iv. 13–16. etc. These wo…
Is Christ's Resurrection the cause of our resurrection? Is it the cause of our justification? Article 1. Whether Christ's Resurrection is the cause of the resurrection of our bodies? Objection 1. It would seem that Christ's Resurrection is not the cause of the resurrection of our bodies, because, given a sufficient cause, the effect must follow of necessity. If, then, Christ's …
Finally we believe, according to God's Word, that when the time appointed by the Lord is come (which is unknown to all creatures) and the number of the elect is complete, our Lord Jesus Christ will come from heaven, bodily and visibly, as he ascended, with great glory and majesty, to declare himself the judge of the living and the dead. He will burn this old world, in fire and …
We further believe and teach that the Son of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, was predestinated or foreordained from eternity by the Father to be the Savior of the world. And we believe that he was born, not only when he assumed flesh of the Virgin Mary, and not only before the foundation of the world was laid, but by the Father before all eternity in an inexpressible manner. The So…
We believe in the Second Coming of our Lord Jesus Christ with glory and great power, to judge the living and the dead, and that His kingdom shall have no end. And we look for and expect the resurrection of the dead and the life of the world to come. For the Lord Himself shall descend from heaven, in the glory of the Father, with the holy angels, and shall sit upon the throne o…
The resurrection of those who have fallen asleep in Christ and their translation together with those who are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord is the imminent and blessed hope of the church.
Cross-references
- 1Cor 14:2 — For he that speaketh in an unknown tongue speaketh not unto men, but unto God: for no man understandeth him; howbeit in the spirit he speaketh mysteries.
- 1Cor 15:20 — But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
- 1Cor 15:57 — But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
- 1Pet 4:5 — Who shall give account to him that is ready to judge the quick and the dead.
- 1Thess 4:14 — For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
- 1Thess 4:15 — For this we say unto you by the word of the Lord, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Lord shall not prevent them which are asleep.
- 1Thess 4:16 — For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:
- 2Sam 7:12 — And when thy days be fulfilled, and thou shalt sleep with thy fathers, I will set up thy seed after thee, which shall proceed out of thy bowels, and I will establish his kingdom.
- Dan 12:2 — And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- Eph 1:9 — Having made known unto us the mystery of his will, according to his good pleasure which he hath purposed in himself:
- Job 14:14 — If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.
- John 11:11 — These things said he: and after that he saith unto them, Our friend Lazarus sleepeth; but I go, that I may awake him out of sleep.
- Matt 13:11 — He answered and said unto them, Because it is given unto you to know the mysteries of the kingdom of heaven, but to them it is not given.
- Matt 27:52 — And the graves were opened; and many bodies of the saints which slept arose,
- Phil 3:21 — Who shall change our vile body, that it may be fashioned like unto his glorious body, according to the working whereby he is able even to subdue all things unto himself.
- Rom 8:11 — But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.