1 Corinthians 15:51 (YLT)

Passage

lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:49 and, according as we did bear the image of the earthy, we shall bear also the image of the heavenly.

1 Corinthians 15:50 And this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood the reign of God is not able to inherit, nor doth the corruption inherit the incorruption;

1 Corinthians 15:51 lo, I tell you a secret; we indeed shall not all sleep, and we all shall be changed;

1 Corinthians 15:52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, in the last trumpet, for it shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we--we shall be changed:

1 Corinthians 15:53 for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

Study Lenses

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

The nearby context moves from verse 50's "And this I say brethren that flesh..." into verse 52's "in a moment in the twinkling of...", so "tell" and "secret" 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 "tell" and "secret" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.