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1 Corinthians 15:52
in an instant, 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.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Paul to the Corinthian church, mid-argument in chapter 15, declaring a "mystery" (v.51) about the nature and timing of the resurrection transformation.
The words — Atomō (ἀτόμῳ) literally means "without a seam" or "indivisible," from a- (without) + tomē (cut); it conveys a single, unbroken moment rather than a duration.
The thread — The trumpet as the signal for the dead rising appears in 1 Thessalonians 4:16 and Matthew 24:31; John 5:28 names the "hour" when all in graves hear His voice.
Why it lands — It fixes the resurrection as a singular, instantaneous event rather than a process, and it places the reader as a participant in that change ("we will be changed").
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The Greek words
King James Version
In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
Cross-references
- 1 Thessalonians 4:16 For the Lord Himself will descend from heaven with a loud command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will be the first to rise.
- Matthew 24:31 And He will send out His angels with a loud trumpet call, and they will gather His elect from the four winds, from one end of the heavens to the other.
- John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- John 5:25 Truly, truly, I tell you, the hour is coming and has now come when the dead will hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear will live.
- Isaiah 27:13 And in that day a great ram’s horn will sound, and those who were perishing in Assyria will come forth with those who were exiles in Egypt. And they will worship the LORD on the holy mountain in Jerusalem.
- 1 Corinthians 15:42 So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.
- 2 Peter 3:10 But the Day of the Lord will come like a thief. The heavens will disappear with a roar, the elements will be destroyed by fire, and the earth and its works will be laid bare.
- Zechariah 9:14 Then the LORD will appear over them, and His arrow will go forth like lightning. The Lord GOD will sound the ram’s horn and advance in the whirlwinds of the south.
- Isaiah 18:3 All you people of the world and dwellers of the earth, when a banner is raised on the mountains, you will see it; when a ram’s horn sounds, you will hear it.
- Ezekiel 33:6 But if the watchman sees the sword coming and fails to blow the horn to warn the people, and the sword comes and takes away a life, then that one will be taken away in his iniquity, but I will hold the watchman accountable for his blood.’