1 Corinthians 15:51-53 NIV

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51

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 obvious inquiry, and the answer was, perhaps, supposed to be difficult. Paul answers it directly, and says that they will undergo an instantaneous change, which will make them like the dead that shall be raised.A mystery - On the meaning of this word, see the note on 1 Corinthians 2:7. The word here... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:52

In a moment - (ἐν ἀτόμῳ en atomō). In an “atom,” scil. of time; a point of time which cannot be cut or divided (α a, the alpha privative (“not”) and τομη tomē, from τέμνω temnō, “to cut”). A single instant; immediately. It will be done instantaneously.In the twinkling of an eye - This is an expression also denoting the least conceivable duration of time. The suddenness of the coming of the Lord Jesus is elsewhere compared to the coming of a thief in the night; 2 Peter 3:10. The word... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:53

For this corruptible ... - It is necessary that a change should take place, either by dying and then being raised, or by being changed without seeing death; for we cannot enter heaven as we are now.Must put on - The word used here (ἐνδύνω endunō ) properly means to go in, to envelope, to put on as a garment; and then to put on any thing; as the soul is, as it were, clothed with, or invested with a body; and here it means, must be endued with, or furnished with. It is equivalent to saying... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:50-52

1 Corinthians 15:50-52. Now this I say, brethren This I offer to your consideration as a great and important truth, that we must first undergo an entire change; for flesh and blood Such as we are now clothed with; cannot inherit the kingdom of God Cannot enter that happy place which Christ hath gone to prepare for the reception of his people, (John 14:7,) cannot possess that kingdom which is wholly spiritual, because it affords no objects suited either to the senses or to the appetites... read more

Joseph Benson

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:53-54

1 Corinthians 15:53-54. For this corruptible This human nature, which is corruptible; must In order to its partaking of the above-mentioned glory; put on incorruption Be endued with such qualities as shall continue in perpetual vigour, not subject to any alteration; and this mortal must put on immortality So as to be no longer subject to diseases or death. The word ενδυσασθαι , here rendered to put on, literally signifies to go into a place, or metaphorically, to put on, or go into... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

The resurrection body (15:35-58)Some people mocked the idea of the resurrection by asking how could bodies that have decayed in the earth be raised to life again. Paul answers with an illustration. A seed dies when it is put in the ground, but this is part of the process of bringing forth new life in the form of a plant that grows up out of the ground. What grows up is different from what was buried, but in a sense it is the same thing. It is dry and dead looking when put in the ground, but... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold . App-133 .:2. shew = tell. mystery = secret. App-193 . sleep = be sleeping. App-171 . be changed . Greek. allasao. See Acts 6:14 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:52

moment . Greek. atomos, literally that which cannot be out or divided. Hence "atom". Only here. twinkling . Greek. ripe. Only here. incorruptible . Greek. aphthartos. See Romans 1:23 . read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:53

corruptible . Greek. phthart o s . See Romans 1:23 . mortal . Greek. thnetos. See Romans 6:12 . immortality . Greek. athanasia. Only here, 1 Corinthians 15:54 , and 1 Timothy 6:16 . In Romans 2:7 and 2 Timothy 1:10 aphtharsia is translated immortality. read more

James Burton Coffman

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51

Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.We shall not all sleep ... There is nothing in this passage to support the notion that Paul believed the end to be in his own lifetime. Some of the Thessalonians got that impression from Paul's teaching; but he at once wrote them another letter to dispel such... read more

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:52

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:53

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:50-52

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - 1 Corinthians 15:53-54

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:35-58

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:51

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:52

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:53

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:51

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