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For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/nlt/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Living Translation</a> It will happen in a moment, in the blink of an eye, when the last trumpet is blown. For when the trumpet sounds, those who have died will be raised to live forever. And we who are living will also be transformed. <a href="/esv/1_corinthians/15.htm">English Standard Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. <a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a> in an instant, 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. <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/kjv/1_corinthians/15.htm">King James Bible</a> In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/nkjv/1_corinthians/15.htm">New King James Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/nasb_/1_corinthians/15.htm">New American Standard Bible</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/nasb/1_corinthians/15.htm">NASB 1995</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/nasb77/1_corinthians/15.htm">NASB 1977 </a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. <a href="/lsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. <a href="/amp/1_corinthians/15.htm">Amplified Bible</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at [the sound of] the last trumpet call. For a trumpet will sound, and the dead [who believed in Christ] will be raised imperishable, and we will be [completely] changed [wondrously transformed]. <a href="/csb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. <a href="/hcsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a> in a moment, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. <a href="/asv/1_corinthians/15.htm">American Standard Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/cev/1_corinthians/15.htm">Contemporary English Version</a> It will happen suddenly, quicker than the blink of an eye. At the sound of the last trumpet the dead will be raised. We will all be changed, so we will never die again. <a href="/erv/1_corinthians/15.htm">English Revised Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/gwt/1_corinthians/15.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a> It will happen in an instant, in a split second at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will come back to life. They will be changed so that they can live forever. <a href="/isv/1_corinthians/15.htm">International Standard Version</a> in a moment, faster than an eye can blink, at the sound of the last trumpet. Indeed, that trumpet will sound, and then the dead will be raised never to decay, and we will be changed. <a href="/msb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a> in an instant, 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. <a href="/net/1_corinthians/15.htm">NET Bible</a> in a moment, in the blinking of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/nheb/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Heart English Bible</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. <a href="/wbt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a> In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and *we* shall be changed. <a href="/web/1_corinthians/15.htm">World English Bible</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed. <div class="vheading2">Literal Translations</div><a href="/lsv/1_corinthians/15.htm">Literal Standard Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it will sound, and the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we will be changed; <a href="/blb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Berean Literal Bible</a> in an instant, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. <a href="/ylt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we -- we shall be changed: <a href="/slt/1_corinthians/15.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a> 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.<div class="vheading2">Catholic Translations</div><a href="/drb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a> In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall rise again incorruptible: and we shall be changed. <a href="/cpdv/1_corinthians/15.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will rise up, incorruptible. And we shall be transformed. <a href="/nabre/1_corinthians/15.htm">New American Bible</a> in an instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/nrsvce/1_corinthians/15.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.<div class="vheading2">Translations from Aramaic</div><a href="/lamsa/1_corinthians/15.htm">Lamsa Bible</a> In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/aramaic-plain-english/1_corinthians/15.htm">Aramaic Bible in Plain English</a> Suddenly, like the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet, when it shall sound, and the dead shall rise without corruption, and we shall be transformed.<div class="vheading2">NT Translations</div><a href="/anderson/1_corinthians/15.htm">Anderson New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: For the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/godbey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Godbey New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/haweis/1_corinthians/15.htm">Haweis New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/mace/1_corinthians/15.htm">Mace New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall rise incorruptible; but as for us, we shall be changed. <a href="/wey/1_corinthians/15.htm">Weymouth New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the sounding of the last trumpet; for the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised incapable of decay, and *we* shall be changed. <a href="/worrell/1_corinthians/15.htm">Worrell New Testament</a> in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump; for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. <a href="/worsley/1_corinthians/15.htm">Worsley New Testament</a> in the twinkling of an eye, at the sound of the last trumpet (for the trumpet shall sound) and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed: <a href="/parallel/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="study" id="study"></a><div class="vheadingv">Audio Bible</div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/g-wZWoK_LZU?start=3666" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe> <div class="vheadingv">Context</div><a href="/bsb/1_corinthians/15.htm">Where, O Death, is Your Victory?</a> …51Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed— 52<a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/823.htm" title="823: atomō (Adj-DNS) -- (lit: that cannot be cut), an indivisible part of time, a moment. Uncut, i.e. indivisible.">an instant,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">in</a> <a href="/greek/4493.htm" title="4493: rhipē (N-DFS) -- From rhipto; a jerk (by analogy) an instant).">the twinkling</a> <a href="/greek/3788.htm" title="3788: ophthalmou (N-GMS) -- The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy.">of an eye,</a> <a href="/greek/1722.htm" title="1722: en (Prep) -- In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; in, at, on, by, etc.">at</a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: tē (Art-DFS) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/2078.htm" title="2078: eschatē (Adj-DFS) -- Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final.">last</a> <a href="/greek/4536.htm" title="4536: salpingi (N-DFS) -- A trumpet, the sound of a trumpet. Perhaps from salos; a trumpet.">trumpet.</a> <a href="/greek/1063.htm" title="1063: gar (Conj) -- For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason.">For</a> <a href="/greek/4537.htm" title="4537: salpisei (V-FIA-3S) -- To sound a trumpet. From salpigx; to trumpet, i.e. Sound a blast.">the trumpet will sound,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. "></a> <a href="/greek/3588.htm" title="3588: hoi (Art-NMP) -- The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the.">the</a> <a href="/greek/3498.htm" title="3498: nekroi (Adj-NMP) -- (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead.">dead</a> <a href="/greek/1453.htm" title="1453: egerthēsontai (V-FIP-3P) -- (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.">will be raised</a> <a href="/greek/862.htm" title="862: aphthartoi (Adj-NMP) -- Indestructible, imperishable, incorruptible; hence: immortal. Undecaying.">imperishable,</a> <a href="/greek/2532.htm" title="2532: kai (Conj) -- And, even, also, namely. ">and</a> <a href="/greek/1473.htm" title="1473: hēmeis (PPro-N1P) -- I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.">we</a> <a href="/greek/236.htm" title="236: allagēsometha (V-FIP-1P) -- To change, alter, exchange, transform. From allos; to make different.">will be changed.</a> 53For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div> <a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16-17</a> For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise. / After that, we who are alive and remain will be caught up together with them in the clouds to meet the Lord in the air. And so we will always be with the Lord. <a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">Revelation 11:15</a> Then the seventh angel sounded his trumpet, and loud voices called out in heaven: “The kingdom of the world has become the kingdom of our Lord and of His Christ, and He will reign forever and ever.” <a href="/philippians/3-20.htm">Philippians 3:20-21</a> But our citizenship is in heaven, and we eagerly await a Savior from there, the Lord Jesus Christ, / who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body. <a href="/john/5-28.htm">John 5:28-29</a> Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice / and come out—those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. <a href="/daniel/12-2.htm">Daniel 12:2</a> And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt. <a href="/isaiah/26-19.htm">Isaiah 26:19</a> Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead. <a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Zechariah 9:14</a> Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south. <a href="/matthew/24-30.htm">Matthew 24:30-31</a> At that time the sign of the Son of Man will appear in heaven, and all the tribes of the earth will mourn. They will see the Son of Man coming on the clouds of heaven with power and great glory. / And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other. <a href="/revelation/10-7.htm">Revelation 10:7</a> But in the days of the voice of the seventh angel, when he begins to sound his trumpet, the mystery of God will be fulfilled, just as He proclaimed to His servants the prophets.” <a href="/luke/20-35.htm">Luke 20:35-36</a> But those who are considered worthy to share in the age to come and in the resurrection from the dead will neither marry nor be given in marriage. / In fact, they can no longer die, because they are like the angels. And since they are sons of the resurrection, they are sons of God. <a href="/romans/8-11.htm">Romans 8:11</a> And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you. <a href="/ezekiel/37-12.htm">Ezekiel 37:12-14</a> Therefore prophesy and tell them that this is what the Lord GOD says: ‘O My people, I will open your graves and bring you up from them, and I will bring you back to the land of Israel. / Then you, My people, will know that I am the LORD, when I open your graves and bring you up from them. / I will put My Spirit in you and you will live, and I will settle you in your own land. Then you will know that I, the LORD, have spoken, and I will do it, declares the LORD.’” <a href="/job/19-25.htm">Job 19:25-27</a> But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth. / Even after my skin has been destroyed, yet in my flesh I will see God. / I will see Him for myself; my eyes will behold Him, and not as a stranger. How my heart yearns within me! <a href="/john/6-39.htm">John 6:39-40</a> And this is the will of Him who sent Me, that I shall lose none of those He has given Me, but raise them up at the last day. / For it is My Father’s will that everyone who looks to the Son and believes in Him shall have eternal life, and I will raise him up at the last day.”</div> <a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div>In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.a moment.<a href="/exodus/33-5.htm">Exodus 33:5</a> For the LORD had said unto Moses, Say unto the children of Israel, Ye are a stiffnecked people: I will come up into the midst of thee in a moment, and consume thee: therefore now put off thy ornaments from thee, that I may know what to do unto thee.<a href="/numbers/16-21.htm">Numbers 16:21,45</a> Separate yourselves from among this congregation, that I may consume them in a moment… <a href="/psalms/73-19.htm">Psalm 73:19</a> How are they brought into desolation, as in a moment! they are utterly consumed with terrors.last.<a href="/exodus/19-16.htm">Exodus 19:16</a> And it came to pass on the third day in the morning, that there were thunders and lightnings, and a thick cloud upon the mount, and the voice of the trumpet exceeding loud; so that all the people that was in the camp trembled.<a href="/exodus/20-18.htm">Exodus 20:18</a> And all the people saw the thunderings, and the lightnings, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.<a href="/numbers/10-4.htm">Numbers 10:4</a> And if they blow but with one trumpet, then the princes, which are heads of the thousands of Israel, shall gather themselves unto thee.for.<a href="/matthew/24-31.htm">Matthew 24:31</a> And he shall send his angels with a great sound of a trumpet, and they shall gather together his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.<a href="/john/5-25.htm">John 5:25</a> Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God: and they that hear shall live.<a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a> For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:the dead.<a href="/1_corinthians/15-42.htm">1 Corinthians 15:42,50</a> So also is the resurrection of the dead. 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This word emphasizes the suddenness and immediacy of the event Paul describes. In the context of the resurrection, it underscores the miraculous nature of God's power to transform and renew life instantaneously, beyond human comprehension or intervention.in the twinkling of an eye This phrase further illustrates the rapidity of the transformation. The "twinkling" refers to the quick movement or flicker of the eye, suggesting a time frame even shorter than a blink. Historically, this imagery conveys the idea that the change will be so swift that it defies human perception, highlighting the divine nature of the resurrection event. It serves as a reminder of the omnipotence of God, who operates beyond the constraints of time.at the last trumpet The "last trumpet" is a significant eschatological symbol in Scripture, often associated with the end times and the final gathering of God's people. In the Old Testament, trumpets were used to signal important events, such as the giving of the Law at Sinai or the call to battle. Here, it signifies the culmination of God's redemptive plan. Theologically, it represents the final call to resurrection and judgment, a moment of ultimate victory for believers.For the trumpet will sound This assurance that "the trumpet will sound" reinforces the certainty of the event. The sounding of the trumpet is a divine action, indicating God's direct intervention in human history. It is a call to attention, a divine announcement that the time has come for the fulfillment of God's promises. This sound will be unmistakable and universal, heard by all, marking the definitive moment of transformation.the dead will be raised imperishable The resurrection of "the dead" refers to those who have died in Christ. The term "imperishable" (Greek: ἄφθαρτος, aphthartos) means incorruptible or immortal, signifying a state free from decay and death. This transformation is a core tenet of Christian hope, promising believers a future existence that transcends the limitations of the current mortal life. It reflects the victory over death achieved through Christ's resurrection.and we will be changed The phrase "we will be changed" speaks to the transformation that living believers will undergo at the time of the resurrection. This change is both physical and spiritual, aligning believers with the glorified state of the resurrected Christ. It is a promise of renewal and perfection, where the mortal body is transformed to be fit for eternal life. This change is a testament to God's power to redeem and restore all of creation, fulfilling His promise of eternal life for those in Christ.<div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/1_corinthians/15.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(52) The last trump.--The trumpet was used to summon an assembly (<a href="/exodus/20-18.htm" title="And all the people saw the thunder, and the lightning, and the noise of the trumpet, and the mountain smoking: and when the people saw it, they removed, and stood afar off.">Exodus 20:18</a>; <a href="/psalms/81-3.htm" title="Blow up the trumpet in the new moon, in the time appointed, on our solemn feast day.">Psalm 81:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/18-3.htm" title="All you inhabitants of the world, and dwellers on the earth, see you, when he lifts up an ensign on the mountains; and when he blows a trumpet, hear you.">Isaiah 18:3</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.">Isaiah 27:13</a>) or to sound a warning. The last trumpet is the one which concludes a series which have already been sounding at intervals in notes of warning to the nations (<a href="/psalms/47-5.htm" title="God is gone up with a shout, the LORD with the sound of a trumpet.">Psalm 47:5</a>; <a href="/isaiah/27-13.htm" title="And it shall come to pass in that day, that the great trumpet shall be blown, and they shall come which were ready to perish in the land of Assyria, and the outcasts in the land of Egypt, and shall worship the LORD in the holy mount at Jerusalem.">Isaiah 27:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/51-27.htm" title="Set you up a standard in the land, blow the trumpet among the nations, prepare the nations against her, call together against her the kingdoms of Ararat, Minni, and Ashchenaz; appoint a captain against her; cause the horses to come up as the rough caterpillars.">Jeremiah 51:27</a>). This verse states with reiterated emphasis that this change shall not be a protracted process, but a sudden and momentary alteration in the condition of our bodies. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/1_corinthians/15.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div>Verse 52. - The trumpet shall sound. The Lord, he says, in <a href="/1_thessalonians/4-16.htm">1 Thessalonians 4:16</a>, "shall descend from heaven with... the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God." The trumpet is, of course, only a natural symbol. It is also found in rabbinic writers, and in the Old Testament (<a href="/zechariah/9-14.htm">Zechariah 9:14</a>), as well as in <a href="/revelation/11-15.htm">Revelation 11:15</a>. We shall be changed. The dead shall be changed by resurrection, the living by transition, into a glorified body. St. Paul, dealing with the essence of the question as it bore on the difficulties of his readers, says nothing here (1) of those who will arise to judgment, or (2) of any intermediate condition. As to the former question, he scarcely ever alludes to it with any definiteness, but seems with deliberate choice to contemplate the final and absolute triumph of good (<a href="/romans/8-19.htm">Romans 8:19-23</a>; <a href="/romans/11-30.htm">Romans 11:30-36</a>). To the intermediate state he does not here allude. He is here only speaking of death and glorious resurrection. In <a href="/2_corinthians/5-1.htm">2 Corinthians 5:1-4</a> he says all that he has to say on this latter question. It was not prominent in the minds of the early Christians, who, as Calvin says, were awaiting the return of Christ "from hour to hour." <a href="/commentaries/1_corinthians/15-52.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a> <a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Greek</div>in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. an instant, ἀτόμῳ (atomō) Adjective - Dative Neuter Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_823.htm">Strong's 823: </a> (lit: that cannot be cut), an indivisible part of time, a moment. Uncut, i.e. indivisible. in ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. [the] twinkling ῥιπῇ (rhipē) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4493.htm">Strong's 4493: </a> From rhipto; a jerk (by analogy) an instant). of an eye, ὀφθαλμοῦ (ophthalmou) Noun - Genitive Masculine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3788.htm">Strong's 3788: </a> The eye; fig: the mind's eye. From optanomai; the eye; by implication, vision; figuratively, envy. at ἐν (en) Preposition <a href="/greek/strongs_1722.htm">Strong's 1722: </a> In, on, among. A primary preposition denoting position, and instrumentality, i.e. A relation of rest; 'in, ' at, on, by, etc. the τῇ (tē) Article - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. last ἐσχάτῃ (eschatē) Adjective - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_2078.htm">Strong's 2078: </a> Last, at the last, finally, till the end. A superlative probably from echo; farthest, final. trumpet. σάλπιγγι (salpingi) Noun - Dative Feminine Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4536.htm">Strong's 4536: </a> A trumpet, the sound of a trumpet. Perhaps from salos; a trumpet. For γάρ (gar) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_1063.htm">Strong's 1063: </a> For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. the trumpet will sound, σαλπίσει (salpisei) Verb - Future Indicative Active - 3rd Person Singular <a href="/greek/strongs_4537.htm">Strong's 4537: </a> To sound a trumpet. From salpigx; to trumpet, i.e. Sound a blast. the οἱ (hoi) Article - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3588.htm">Strong's 3588: </a> The, the definite article. Including the feminine he, and the neuter to in all their inflections; the definite article; the. dead νεκροὶ (nekroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_3498.htm">Strong's 3498: </a> (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. will be raised ἐγερθήσονται (egerthēsontai) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 3rd Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1453.htm">Strong's 1453: </a> (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse. imperishable, ἄφθαρτοι (aphthartoi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_862.htm">Strong's 862: </a> Indestructible, imperishable, incorruptible; hence: immortal. Undecaying. and καὶ (kai) Conjunction <a href="/greek/strongs_2532.htm">Strong's 2532: </a> And, even, also, namely. we ἡμεῖς (hēmeis) Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Nominative 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_1473.htm">Strong's 1473: </a> I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I. will be changed. ἀλλαγησόμεθα (allagēsometha) Verb - Future Indicative Passive - 1st Person Plural <a href="/greek/strongs_236.htm">Strong's 236: </a> To change, alter, exchange, transform. 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