Parallel Verses

Julia Smith Translation

Behold, I speak to you a mystery; We truly shall not all be laid asleep, but we shall all be changed,

New American Standard Bible

Behold, I tell you a mystery; we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

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:

We will not all fall asleep,
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

A Conservative Version

Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will actually not all sleep, but we will all be transformed,

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.

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;

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
ἰδού 
Idou 
behold, lo, see
Usage: 140

I shew
λέγω 
Lego 
Usage: 1045

you
ὑμῖν 
Humin 
you, ye, your, not tr,
Usage: 293

μυστήριον 
Musterion 
Usage: 23

We shall
κοιμάω 
Koimao 
Usage: 16

not
οὐ 
Ou 
not, no, cannot ,
Usage: 1032

all
πᾶς 
Pas 
πᾶς 
Pas 
Usage: 704
Usage: 704

κοιμάω 
Koimao 
Usage: 16

but
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

we shall
ἀλλάσσω 
Allasso 
Usage: 6

References

Images 1 Corinthians 15:51

Prayers for 1 Corinthians 15:51

Context Readings

Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body

50 And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither does corruption inherit incorruption. 51 Behold, I speak to you a mystery; We truly shall not all be laid asleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In an atom, in the twinkling of the eye, in the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.



Cross References

1 Corinthians 13:2

And if I have the gift of prophecy, and know all mysteries, and all knowledge; and if I have all faith to remove mountains, and have not love, I am nothing.

Philippians 3:21

Who will change the body of our humiliation, for it to be conformable to the body of his glory, according to the operation by which he is able to place all things under himself.

1 Thessalonians 4:14-17

For if we believe that Jesus died and rose up, so also God by Jesus Christ will bring with him them having slept.

1 Corinthians 2:7

But we speak the wisdom of God in a mystery, hidden, which God determined beforehand, before the times to our glory:

1 Corinthians 4:1

So let a man reckon us, as servants of Christ, and stewards of the mysteries of God.

1 Corinthians 15:6

Then was he seen by above five hundred brethren once for all; of whom the most remain till now, and some also are laid to rest.

1 Corinthians 15:18

Then they also having died in Christ perished.

1 Corinthians 15:20

And now Was Christ raised from the dead, he was the first fruits of those having died.

Ephesians 1:9

Having made known to us the mystery of his will, according to his benevolence which he purposed in himself:

Ephesians 3:3

That by revelation he made Known to me the mystery; (as I before wrote briefly,

Ephesians 5:32

This is a great mystery: but I speak to Christ and to the church.

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