57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Now thanks be unto God, which always causeth us to triumph in Christ, and maketh manifest the savour of his knowledge by us in every place.
Nay, in all these things we are more than conquerors through him that loved us.
For whatsoever is born of God overcometh the world: and this is the victory that overcometh the world, even our faith. …
The horse is prepared against the day of battle: but safety is of the LORD.
And they overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto the death.
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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