Verse 53
The dead will rise in bodies that are not subject to corruption, and the living will receive immortal bodies too. Paul may have wanted to contrast the dead and the living by the terms he chose for each in the first and second parts of this verse respectively. [Note: Joachim Jeremias, "Flesh and Blood Cannot Inherit the Kingdom of God," New Testament Studies 2 (1955-56):152.] Still the distinction is not strong enough to be significant. Both the dead and the living will receive imperishable (i.e., immortal) bodies.
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