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Because God will transform our bodies to become immortal, destroying death at the last trumpet, we should abound in the Lord's work .
1 Cor 15:50-58
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1 Corinthians 15:50-58
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I tell you this, brothers:
q flesh and blood r cannot inherit the kingdom of God,
nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.
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Behold! I tell you a mystery.
s We shall not all sleep,
t but we shall all be changed,
in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet.
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For u the trumpet will sound,
and v the dead will be raised imperishable,
and we shall be changed.
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For this perishable body must put on the imperishable,
and w this mortal body must put on immortality.
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When the perishable puts on the imperishable,
and the mortal puts on immortality,
then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
x “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
y “O death, where is your victory?
O death, where is your sting?”
The sting of death is sin,
and z the power of sin is the law.
But thanks be to God,
a who gives us the victory
through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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b Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in c the work of the Lord,
knowing that in the Lord d your labor is not in vain.
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See 1 Thess 4:16.
See Is 25:8.
See Hos 13:14.
When the trumpet sounds and we are changed from mortality to immortality, then death will be swallowed up in victory.
Even though perishable flesh and blood cannot inherit God's kingdom,God will change our bodies to be imperishable at the last trumpet, destroying death.
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