First Corinthians 15:50-58

Messiah Selections 47-51. (various voices) Behold, I tell you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. The trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption and this mortal must put on immortality. Then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory.” …O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. (First Corinthians 15:51-53, 54b-57)

First Corinthians 15:1-28

Messiah Selections 45 and 46 (soprano voice and chorus) “For now is Christ risen from the dead, the first fruits of them that sleep. Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.” (First Corinthians 15: 20-22)

First Corinthians 3

In the opening chapters of First Corinthians, the Holy Spirit leads the Apostle Paul to reaffirm key truths of the Christian faith for all believers.