The Last Trumpet and Steadfast Work

50I say this, brothers: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

51Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

52in an instant, in the blink 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 imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

54But when this perishable puts on imperishability, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the written word will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

55Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58Therefore, my beloved brothers, become steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.