Mystery and Victory

1 Corinthians 15

50 Now this I say, brethren, that d flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; nor does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I tell you a 1 mystery: e We shall not all sleep, f but we shall all be changed - 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. g For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and h this mortal must put on immortality.

54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: i "Death is swallowed up in victory." 2 55 "O j 3 Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?" 4

56 The sting of death is sin, and k the strength of sin is the law. 57 l But thanks be to God, who gives us m the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 n Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing o that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

  1. Cross References
    Matthew 16:17
    Jesus answered and said to him, "Blessed are you, Simon BarJonah, for flesh and blood has not revealed this to you, but My Father who is in heaven.
    John 3:3
    Jesus answered and said to him, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born again, he cannot see the kingdom of God.
    John 3:5
    Jesus answered, "Most assuredly, I say to you, unless one is born of water and the Spirit, he cannot enter the kingdom of God.
  2. Cross References
    1 Thessalonians 4:15
    For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are alive and remain until the coming of the Lord will by no means precede those who are asleep.
  3. Cross References
    Philippians 3:21
    Who will transform our lowly body that it may be conformed to His glorious body, according to the working by which He is able even to subdue all things to Himself.
  4. Cross References
    Zechariah 9:14
    Then the LORD will be seen over them, And His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will blow the trumpet, And go with whirlwinds from the south.
    Matthew 24:31
    And He will send His angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they will gather together His elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
    John 5:25
    Most assuredly, I say to you, the hour is coming, and now is, when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.
  5. Cross References
    2 Corinthians 5:4
    For we who are in this tent groan, being burdened, not because we want to be unclothed, but further clothed, that mortality may be swallowed up by life.
  6. Cross References
    Isaiah 25:8
    He will swallow up death forever, And the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from all faces; The rebuke of His people He will take away from all the earth; For the LORD has spoken.
    Revelation 20:14
    Then Death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death.
  7. Cross References
    Hosea 13:14
    "I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death. O Death, I will be your plagues! O Grave, I will be your destruction! Pity is hidden from My eyes."
  8. Cross References
    Romans 3:20
    Therefore by the deeds of the law no flesh will be justified in His sight, for by the law is the knowledge of sin.
    Romans 4:15
    Because the law brings about wrath; for where there is no law there is no transgression.
    Romans 7:8
    But sin, taking opportunity by the commandment, produced in me all manner of evil desire. For apart from the law sin was dead.
  9. Cross References
    Romans 7:25
    I thank God - through Jesus Christ our Lord! So then, with the mind I myself serve the law of God, but with the flesh the law of sin.
    2 Corinthians 2:14
    Now thanks be to God who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and through us diffuses the fragrance of His knowledge in every place.
  10. Cross References
    Romans 8:37
    Yet in all these things we are more than conquerors through Him who loved us.
    Hebrews 2:14
    Inasmuch then as the children have partaken of flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared in the same, that through death He might destroy him who had the power of death, that is, the devil.
    1 John 5:4
    For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world - our faith.
    Revelation 21:4
    "And God will wipe away every tear from their eyes; there shall be no more death, nor sorrow, nor crying. There shall be no more pain, for the former things have passed away."
  11. Cross References
    2 Peter 3:14
    Therefore, beloved, looking forward to these things, be diligent to be found by Him in peace, without spot and blameless.
  12. Cross References
    1 Corinthians 3:8
    Now he who plants and he who waters are one, and each one will receive his own reward according to his own labor.
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