Revised Common Lectionary (Semicontinuous)

The mystery and the victory

⁵⁰ This is what I’m saying, my dear family. Flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s kingdom; decay can’t inherit undecaying life. ⁵¹ Look! I’m telling you a mystery. We won’t all sleep; we’re all going to be changed— ⁵² in a flash, at the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. This is how it will be, you see: the trumpet’s going to sound, the dead will be raised undecaying, and we’re going to be changed. ⁵³ This decaying body must put on the undecaying one; this dying body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴ When the decaying puts on the undecaying, and the dying puts on the undying, then the saying that has been written will come true:

⁵⁶ The “sting” of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thank God! He gives us the victory, through our Lord Jesus the Messiah.