50 I tell you this, brothers: flesh and blood ^vcannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the ^wimperishable. 51 Behold! I tell you a mystery. ^xWe shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last ^ytrumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and ^zthe dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and ^athis mortal body must put on immortality. 54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

56 The sting of death is sin, and ^dthe power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the ^evictory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be ^fsteadfast, immovable, always abounding in the ^gwork of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.