1Cor 15:50-58 | TNotes | STEP | 15:50 Physical bodies cannot inherit God’s Kingdom. Only a spiritual, resurrected body can experience the Kingdom in all its fullness (cp. John 4:24 ).

15:50 ^a Physical bodies cannot inherit God’s Kingdom. Only a spiritual, resurrected body can experience the Kingdom in all its fullness (cp. John 4:24 ^b).
15:51 ^c The Good News reveals the previously unknown secret of resurrection.

• We will not all die: Paul might have expected the future resurrection in his own lifetime (cp. 15:52 ^d; 1 Thes 4:15 ^e, 17 ^f).
15:52 ^g Cp. 1 Thes 4:13-17 ^h.
15:54 ⁱ “Death is swallowed up in victory”: Resurrection defeats the ultimate enemy, death, just as the power of the Spirit enables believers to transcend sin here and now (see Rom 8:2 ^j, 11 ^k).
15:55 ^l This quotation (Hos 13:14 ^m) assures believers that they have nothing to fear from death.

• Death is like the sting of a scorpion.
15:57 ⁿ The death and resurrection of Christ ends the dominating power of sin and death (see Rom 6:14 ^o; 8:2 ^p; 10:4 ^q).
15:58 ^r Nothing you do for the Lord is ever useless: There will be eternal rewards for those who serve him faithfully (see 3:12-15 ^s).