1 Corinthians 15:51-57
A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians
Behold, I tell you a mystery. We shall not all fall asleep, but we will all be changed, in an
instant, in the blink of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will
be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For that which is corruptible must clothe
itself with incorruptibility, and that which is mortal must clothe itself with immortality. And
when this which is corruptible clothes itself with incorruptibility and this which is mortal
clothes itself with immortality, then the word that is written shall come about: "Death is
swallowed up in victory. Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God who gives
us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
The Word of the Lord
New Testament Reading #9