1 Corinthians 15:50-58 - Victorious Resurrection
50 This I say, Brothers-Flesh and blood can have no share in the Kingdom of God, nor can the perishable share the imperishable. 51 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, 52 At the last trumpet-call; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise immortal, and we, also, shall be transformed. 53 For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form. 54 And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of Scripture come true- 55 'Death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, O Death, is thy victory? Where, O Death, is thy sting?' 56 It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
58 Therefore, my dear Brothers, stand firm, unshaken, always diligent in the Lord's work, for you know that, in union with him, your toil is not in vain.