Behold,I tellyou a mystery;we will not allsleep,but we will allbe changed,
IfI have[the gift of] prophecy,and knowallmysteriesand allknowledge;and ifI haveallfaith,soas to removemountains,but do not havelove,I amnothing.
Thenthosealsowho have fallen asleepin Christhave perished.
But nowChristhas been raisedfrom the dead,the first fruitsof thosewho are asleep.
Afterthat He appearedto more thanfive hundredbrethrenat one time,mostof whomremainuntilnow,but somehave fallen asleep;
but we speakGod'swisdomin a mystery,the hidden[wisdom] whichGodpredestinedbeforethe agesto our glory;
Let a manregardus in this manner,as servantsof Christand stewardsof the mysteriesof God.
For indeedin this[house] we groan,longingto be clothedwith our dwellingfrom heaven,
For indeedwhile we are in thistent,we groan,being burdened,becausewe do not wantto be unclothedbut to be clothed,sothat what is mortalwill be swallowedup by life.
He made knownto us the mysteryof His will, accordingto His kind intentionwhichHe purposedin Him
that by revelationthere was made knownto me the mystery,as I wrote beforein brief.
Thismysteryis great;but I am speakingwith referenceto Christand the church.
whowill transformthe bodyof our humble stateinto conformitywith the bodyof His glory,by the exertionof the power that He hasevento subjectall thingsto Himself.
