Now I say this, brothers,† that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
THE SURROUNDING PASSAGE
1 Corinthians 15:50 in context
1 Corinthians 15:47–53
47
The first man is of the earth, made of dust. The second man is the Lord from heaven.
48
As is the one made of dust, such are those who are also made of dust; and as is the heavenly, such are they also that are heavenly.
49
As we have borne the image of those made of dust, let’s also bear the image of the heavenly.
50
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Now I say this, brothers,† that flesh and blood can’t inherit God’s Kingdom; neither does the perishable inherit imperishable.
51
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
52
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.
53
For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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- The word for “brothers” here and where context allows may also be correctly translated “brothers and sisters” or “siblings.”
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