53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
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For in this we groan, earnestly desiring to be clothed upon with our house which is from heaven: …
Beloved, now are we the sons of God, and it doth not yet appear what we shall be: but we know that, when he shall appear, we shall be like him; for we shall see him as he is.
The night is far spent, the day is at hand: let us therefore cast off the works of darkness, and let us put on the armour of light. …
To them who by patient continuance in well doing seek for glory and honour and immortality, eternal life:
And that ye put on the new man, which after God is created in righteousness and true holiness.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 51-57)To confirm what he had said of this change, I. He here tells them what had been concealed from or unknown to them till then—that all the saints would not die, but all would be changed. Those that are alive at our Lord’s coming will be caught up into the clouds, without dying, 1 Thess. 4:11. But it is plain from this passage that it will not be without changing from corruption to incorruption. The…
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