Revised Common Lectionary (Complementary)

Behold, I Tell You a Mystery: We Will Not All Die, But We Will All Conquer Death

⁵⁰ Now I say this, brothers: that flesh and blood are not able to inherit the kingdom of God, nor does decay inherit undecayability. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery^[a]: we will not all fall-asleep. But we will all be changed— ⁵² in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will trumpet, and the dead will be raised undecayable^[b], and we will be changed. ⁵³ For this decayable body must put-on undecayability, and this mortal body must put on immortality^[c]. ⁵⁴ And when this decayable body puts-on undecayability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying having been written will come-about^[d]: “Death was swallowed-up in victory” [Isa 25:8]. ⁵⁵ “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your stinger?” [Hos 13:14]. ⁵⁶ Now the stinger^[e] of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law^[f]. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, the One giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

So Abound In The Work of The Lord; Your Labor Is Not In Vain

⁵⁸ So then my beloved brothers, be^[g] steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not empty^[h] in the Lord.