1 Corinthians 15:51 (GNV)

Passage

Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleepe, but we shall all be changed,

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:49 And as we haue borne the image of the earthly, so shall we beare the image of the heauenly.

1 Corinthians 15:50 This say I, brethren, that flesh and blood cannot inherite the kingdome of God, neither doeth corruption inherite incorruption.

1 Corinthians 15:51 Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleepe, but we shall all be changed,

1 Corinthians 15:52 In a moment, in the twinckling of an eye at the last trumpet: for the trumpet shall blow, and the dead shalbe raysed vp incorruptible, and we shalbe changed.

1 Corinthians 15:53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortall must put on immortalitie.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "behold", "shewe", "secret", "shall", "sleepe", and "changed". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "behold" and "shewe", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 50's "This say I brethren that flesh and..." into verse 52's "In a moment in the twinckling of...", so "behold" and "shewe" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "behold" and "shewe" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.