1 Corinthians 15:41-54

Illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:51-53 -- Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed — in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.

Illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:53-55 NLT -- For our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die; our mortal bodies must be transformed into immortal bodies. Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: "Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Inspirational illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:54 -- When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."

Illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:45 NLT -- The Scriptures tell us, "The first man, Adam, became a living person." But the last Adam — that is, Christ — is a life-giving Spirit.

Illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:45 MESSAGE -- We follow this sequence in Scripture: The First Adam received life, the Last Adam is a life-giving Spirit.

1 Corinthians 15:51 - We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed.

Illustration of 1 Corinthians 15:54 -- When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: "Death has been swallowed up in victory."