Mystery神奇 and 得勝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 蟲虰 蚊咬 蜜蜂蟄 的 那個 "蟄"
    
    "The sting of death is sin," -- 被死亡蟄到 (or 感染) , 就成了罪, 對外大概就會幹我們"心"(靈魂)裏不想幹的事情, 所謂 昧著良心 幹事。
    
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqeFiMjCGH0
    
    
    難道不是人逼著人在人心裏麵做孽嗎?
    
    對內也會產生各種糾纏不清, 無論表現在情感上, 還是思想上 -- '生病', 尤其是 "心" '病' -- 思慮不潔而致嗎, 很多時候?