| New International Version (NIV) | New International Version (NIV) |
| 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- | 51 Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed-- |
| 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. | 52 in a flash, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed. |
| 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. | 53 For the perishable must clothe itself with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality. |
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