1 Corinthians 15:51 Cross References - Goodspeed

⁵¹ I will tell you a secret. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,

⁷ But it is a mysterious divine wisdom that we impart, hitherto kept secret, and destined by God before the world began for our glory.

¹ The right way for a man to think of us is as Christ's servants, and managers authorized to distribute the secret truths of God.

² If I am inspired to preach and know all the secret truths and possess all knowledge, and if I have such perfect faith that I can move mountains, but have no love, I am nothing.

⁶ After that he was seen by more than five hundred brothers at one time, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have fallen asleep.

¹⁸ Yes, and those who have fallen asleep in trust in Christ have perished.

²⁰ But the truth is, Christ was raised from the dead, the first to be raised of those who have fallen asleep.

⁹ He has given us perfect insight into his secret purpose and understanding of it, in following out the design he planned to carry out in Christ,

³ and how the secret was made known to me by revelation, as I have just briefly written.

³² This is a great secret, but I understand it of Christ and the church.

²¹ He will make our poor bodies over to resemble his glorious body, by exerting the power he has to subject everything to himself.

¹⁴ For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then by means of Jesus God will bring back with him those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁵ For we can assure you, on the Lord's own authority, that those of us who will still be living when the Lord comes will have no advantage over those who have fallen asleep. ¹⁶ For the Lord himself, at the summons, when the archangel calls and God's trumpet sounds, will come down from heaven, and first those who died in union with Christ will rise; ¹⁷ then those of us who are still living will be caught up with them on clouds into the air to meet the Lord, and so we shall be with the Lord forever.