1 Corinthians 15:52

1 Corinthians 15:52 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)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.
• English Standard Version (ESV)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.
• New King James Version (NKJV)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.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:52

50Now this is what I am saying, brothers and sisters: Flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. 51Listen, I will tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed – 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. 53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

1 Corinthians 15:52 word by word

ἐν ἀτόμῳ ἐν ῥιπῇ ὀφθαλμοῦ ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ σάλπιγγι· σαλπίσει γάρ, καὶ οἱ νεκροὶ ἐγερθήσονται ἄφθαρτοι, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀλλαγησόμεθα.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• Inἐνen · in/on/amongG1722
• a momentἄτομοςatomos · instantG823
• the twinklingῥιπήrhipē · twinklingG4493
• of an eyeὀφθαλμόςophthalmos · eyeG3788
• the lastἔσχατοςeschatos · last/leastG2078
• trumpσάλπιγξsalpigx · trumpetG4536
• forγάρgar · forG1063
• the trumpet shall soundσαλπίζωsalpizō · to sound a trumpetG4537
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• shall be raisedἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• incorruptibleἄφθαρτοςaphthartos · incorruptibleG862
• weἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• shall be changedἀλλάσσωallassō · to changeG236

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:52

• Exodus 33:5For the Lord had said to Moses, “Tell the Israelites, ‘You are a stiff-necked people. If I went up among you for a moment, I might destroy you. Now take off your ornaments, that I may know what I should do to you.’”
• Numbers 16:21“Separate yourselves from among this community, that I may consume them in an instant.”
• Psalms 73:19How desolate they become in a mere moment! Terrifying judgments make their demise complete!
• 2 Peter 3:10But the day of the Lord will come like a thief; when it comes, the heavens will disappear with a horrific noise, and the celestial bodies will melt away in a blaze, and the earth and every deed done on it will be laid bare.
• Exodus 19:16On the third day in the morning there was thunder and lightning and a dense cloud on the mountain, and the sound of a very loud horn; all the people who were in the camp trembled.
• Exodus 20:18All the people were seeing the thundering and the lightning, and heard the sound of the horn, and saw the mountain smoking – and when the people saw it they trembled with fear and kept their distance.
• Numbers 10:4“But if they blow with one trumpet, then the leaders, the heads of the thousands of Israel, must come to you.
• Isaiah 18:3All you who live in the world, who reside on the earth, you will see a signal flag raised on the mountains; you will hear a trumpet being blown.
• Isaiah 27:13At that time a large trumpet will be blown, and the ones lost in the land of Assyria will come, as well as the refugees in the land of Egypt. They will worship the Lord on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
• Ezekiel 33:3He sees the sword coming against the land, blows the trumpet, and warns the people,
• Zechariah 9:14Then the Lord will appear above them, and his arrow will shoot forth like lightning; the Lord God will blow the trumpet and will sally forth on the southern storm winds.
• Revelation 8:2Then I saw the seven angels who stand before God, and seven trumpets were given to them.
• Revelation 9:13Then the sixth angel blew his trumpet, and I heard a single voice coming from the horns on the golden altar that is before God,
• Matthew 24:31And he will send his angels with a loud trumpet blast, and they will gather his elect from the four winds, from one end of heaven to the other.
• John 5:25I tell you the solemn truth, a time is coming – and is now here – when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a shout of command, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will rise first.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:52

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 52In a moment - ͅ· In an atom; that is, an indivisible point of time. In the twinkling of an eye; as soon as a man can wink; which expressions show that this mighty work is to be done by the almighty power of God, as he does all his works, He calls, and it is done. The resurrection of all the dead, from the foundation of the world to that time, and the change of all the living then upon earth, shall be the work of a single moment. At the last trump - This…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 52In a moment - ( ̓ ̓́ͅ en atomō). In an “atom,” scil. of time; a point of time which cannot be cut or divided ( athe alpha privative (“not”) and tomēfrom ́ temnō“to cut”). A single instant; immediately. It will be done instantaneously. In the twinkling of an eye - This is an expression also denoting the least conceivable duration of time. The suddenness of the coming of the Lord Jesus is elsewhere compared to the coming of a thief in the night; 2 Peter…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 51-58Verses 51-58 All the saints should not die, but all would be changed. In the gospel, many truths, before hidden in mystery, are made known. Death never shall appear in the regions to which our Lord will bear his risen saints. Therefore let us seek the full assurance of faith and hope, that in the midst of pain, and in the prospect of death, we may think calmly on the horrors of the tomb; assured that our bodies will there sleep, and in the mean time our…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 52Compare 1 Thessalonians 4:13–17Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5252. the last trump--at the sounding of the trumpet on the last day [Vatablus] (Mt 24:31; 1Th 4:16). Or the Spirit by Paul hints that the other trumpets mentioned subsequently in the Apocalypse shall precede, and that this shall be the last of all (compare Is 27:13; Zec 9:14). As the law was given with the sound of a trumpet, so the final judgment according to it (He 12:19; compare Ex 19:16). As the Lord ascended "with the sound of a trumpet" (Psa 47:5)…Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:52

• Body
• Death
• Immortality
• Resurrection
• Righteous
• Trumpet

In the dictionaries

• Awake
• Corrupt
• Corruptible
• Die
• Differ
• Flesh
• Immortality
• Incorruption
• Judgment, The final
• Least

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings