Mystery神奇 and 得胜Victory (1 Corinthians 15: 50 - 58)

 ⁵⁰I tell you this, brothers:^A/>)">(A) flesh and blood^B/>)">(B) cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable. ⁵¹Behold! I tell you a mystery.^C/>)">(C) We shall not all sleep,^D/>)">(D) but we shall all be changed, ⁵²in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For^E/>)">(E) the trumpet will sound, and^F/>)">(F) the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. ⁵³For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and^G/>)">(G) this mortal body must put on immortality. ⁵⁴When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written:

   ^H/>)">(H) "Death is swallowed up in victory." ^55I/>)">(I) "O death, where is your victory?

   O death, where is your sting?"  ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and^J/>)">(J) the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But thanks be to God,^K/>)">(K) who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

 ^58L/>)">(L) Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in^M/>)">(M) the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord^N/>)">(N) your labor is not in vain.

Cross references:

1. 1 Corinthians 15:50 : Matt 16:17
2. 1 Corinthians 15:50 : John 3:3, 5
3. 1 Corinthians 15:51 : 1 Thess 4:15, 17
4. 1 Corinthians 15:51 : Phil 3:21
5. 1 Corinthians 15:52 : Matt 24:31; 1 Thess 4:16; Isa 27:13; Zech 9:14
6. 1 Corinthians 15:52 : John 5:25, 28; Luke 20:36
7. 1 Corinthians 15:53 : 2 Cor 5:2-4
8. 1 Corinthians 15:54 : Isa 25:8; Heb 2:14, 15; Rev 20:14; 21:4
9. 1 Corinthians 15:55 : Hos 13:14
10. 1 Corinthians 15:56 : Rom 4:15; 5:13; 7:5, 8, 13
11. 1 Corinthians 15:57 : Rom 8:37; 1 John 5:4
12. 1 Corinthians 15:58 : 2 Pet 3:14
13. 1 Corinthians 15:58 : 1 Corinthians 16:10; Jer 48:10; John 6:28
14. 1 Corinthians 15:58 : Gal 6:9; 1 Corinthians 3:8
    
    
    
    
    
    
    ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
    
    
    
    

     ⁵⁶ 死 的 毒 鉤 就 是 罪 ， 罪 的 權 勢 就 是 律 法 。(Chinese Union Version (Traditional))
    
    
    
    Sting: 本意是 被 虫虰 蚊咬 蜜蜂蛰 的 那个 "蛰"

    
    
    
    
    "The sting of death is sin," -- 被死亡蛰到 (or 感染) , 就成了罪, 对外大概就会干我们"心"(灵魂)里不想干的事情, 所谓 昧着良心 干事。
    
    
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqeFiMjCGH0
    
    
    
    
    
    
    难道不是人逼着人在人心里面做孽吗?
    
    
    
    对内也会产生各种纠缠不清, 无论表现在情感上, 还是思想上 -- '生病', 尤其是 "心" '病' -- 思虑不洁而致吗, 很多时候?