Parallel Verses
A Conservative Version
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed,
New American Standard Bible
Behold, I tell you a
King James Version
Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Holman Bible
Listen! I am telling you a mystery:
but we will all be changed,
International Standard Version
Let me tell you a secret. Not all of us will die, but all of us will be changed
American Standard Version
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Amplified
Listen very carefully, I tell you a mystery [a secret truth decreed by God and previously hidden, but now revealed]; we will not all sleep [in death], but we will all be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed],
An Understandable Version
Look, I am telling you a secret truth: We will not all die, but we will all be changed [i.e., physically and spiritually]
Anderson New Testament
Behold, I declare to you a mystery. We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed
Bible in Basic English
See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed.
Common New Testament
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
Daniel Mace New Testament
I shall now tell you a very great secret: we shall not all of us sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Darby Translation
Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
Godbey New Testament
Behold, I speak to you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Goodspeed New Testament
I will tell you a secret. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
John Wesley New Testament
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed.
Julia Smith Translation
Behold, I speak to you a mystery; We truly shall not all be laid asleep, but we shall all be changed,
King James 2000
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Lexham Expanded Bible
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed,
Modern King James verseion
Behold, I speak a mystery to you; we shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed;
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
Behold, I show a mystery unto you: we shall not all sleep: but we shall all be changed,
Moffatt New Testament
Here is a secret truth for you: not all of us are to die, but all of us are to be changed ??52 changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet-call. The trumpet will sound, the dead will rise imperishable, and we shall be changed.
Montgomery New Testament
Lo, I tell you a secret truth. we shall not all be sleeping, but we shall be changed,
NET Bible
Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed --
New Heart English Bible
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
Noyes New Testament
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed,
Sawyer New Testament
Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
The Emphasized Bible
Lo! a sacred secret, unto you, do I declare: - we shall not, all, sleep, but we shall, all, be changed, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
Behold, I shew you a mystery; we shall not indeed all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Twentieth Century New Testament
Listen, I will tell you God's hidden purpose! We shall not all have passed to our rest, but we shall all be transformed-in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye,
Webster
Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Weymouth New Testament
I tell you a truth hitherto kept secret: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Williams New Testament
Let me tell you a secret. We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed,
World English Bible
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
Worrell New Testament
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed,
Worsley New Testament
Behold, I tell you a mystery: we shall not all sleep; but we shall all be changed in a moment,
Youngs Literal Translation
lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;
Themes
Change » The lord changing believers
Corruption » Who shall be delivered from corruption
death » Exemption from » Promised to saints at the second coming of Christ
Great » Mysteries, that test the faith of men » Of the future life
great Mysteries » Of the future life
Resurrection » God resurrecting the dead
The Resurrection » Of saints shall be followed by the change of those then alive
Topics
Interlinear
Pas
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Pas
all, all things, every, all men, whosoever, everyone, whole, all manner of, every man, no Trans, every thing, any, whatsoever, whosoever 9 , always , daily , any thing, no , not tr,
Usage: 704
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References
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:51
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 15:51
Verse Info
Context Readings
Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
50 Now this I affirm, brothers, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit imperishability. 51 Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed, 52 in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For it will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be transformed.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 13:2
And if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries and all knowledge, and if I have all faith so as to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.
Philippians 3:21
who will transform the body of our lowliness, in order for it to become similar in form to the body of his glory, according to the working of his power even to subject all things to himself.
1 Thessalonians 4:14-17
For if we believe that Jesus died and arose, so also those who became asleep through Jesus, God will bring with him.
1 Corinthians 2:7
But we speak a wisdom of God in a hidden mystery, which God predestined before the ages for our glory,
1 Corinthians 4:1
Thus let a man regard us as of helpers of Christ, and managers of mysteries of God.
1 Corinthians 15:6
Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some also slept.
1 Corinthians 15:18
Then also those who slept in Christ have perished.
1 Corinthians 15:20
But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruit of those who are asleep.
Ephesians 1:9
Having made known to us the mystery of his will according to his desire, which he purposed within himself
Ephesians 3:3
that according to revelation he made known to me the mystery, as I wrote before in brief.
Ephesians 5:32
This mystery is great, but I speak for Christ and for the church.