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1 Corinthians 15:51

1 Corinthians 15:51
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption,.... As at the coming of Christ, both the bodies of living saints, and of dead ones being raised, will: and this

mortal shall have put on…

Presbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

Barnes' Notes

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…

Methodist theologian, 1762–1832

Adam Clarke

I show you a mystery - That is, a thing which you have never known before. But what is this mystery? Why, that we shall not all sleep; we shall not all die; but we shall all be changed: of this the…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

1 Corinthians 15:51-57

To confirm what he had said of this change,

I. He here tells them what had been concealed from or unknown to them till then - that all the saints would not die, but all would be changed. Those that…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

Behold, I shew you a mystery See note on ch. 1Co 2:7; 1Co 4:1. Human reason unaided is of course incapable of arriving at the truth on a point like this.

We shall not all sleep There are two other…