1 COR 15:53 Parallel Verse View

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Text critical issues=none Clarity of original=clear Importance to us=normal Speaker(s)=Narrator (All still tentative.)

Key: khaki:verbs, orange:accusative/object.
Note: Automatic aligning of the OET-RV to the LV is done by some temporary software, hence the RV alignments are incomplete (and may occasionally be wrong).

GHT for it-is-necessitating the ruinable, the-same, to-clothe-self without-ruin-ia, and the die-able, the-same, to-clothe-self without-death/die-ia/immortality.

ULT For it is necessary for this perishable to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal to put on immortality.

UST So, bodies that fall apart and die need to transform into bodies that last forever and can never die.

BSB & MSB For the perishable must be clothed[fn] with [the] imperishable, and the mortal [with] immortality.

15:53 Or clothe itself

BLB For it behooves this, the perishable to put on the imperishable; and this, the mortal to put on immortality.

AICNT For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

OEB For this perishable body of ours must put on an imperishable form, and this dying body a deathless form.

WEBBE & WMBB For this perishable body must become imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality.

NET For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

LSV for it is necessary for this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

FBV For this perishable body must be clothed with a body that never perishes. This mortal life must be clothed with immortality.

TCNT For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

T4T And the bodies of us who are alive at that time will also be changed {And God will also change the bodies of us who are alive at that time}. These bodies of ours that die and decay must be transformed into new bodies that will never die; it will be like someone [MET] getting rid of his old clothes and putting on new ones.

LEB For it is necessary for this perishable body to put on incorruptibility, and this mortal body to put on immortality.

BBE For this body which comes to destruction will be made free from the power of death, and the man who is under the power of death will put on eternal life.

Moff For this perishing body must be invested with the imperishable, and this mortal body invested with immortality;

Wymth For so it must be: this perishable nature must clothe itself with what is imperishable, and this mortality must clothe itself with immortality.

ASV For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

DRA For this corruptible must put on incorruption; and this mortal must put on immortality.

YLT for it behoveth this corruptible to put on incorruption, and this mortal to put on immortality;

Drby For this corruptible must needs put on incorruptibility, and this mortal put on immortality.

RV For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

SLT For this corrupted must put on incorruption, and this mortal put on immortality.

Wbstr For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

KJB-1769 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

KJB-1611 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.
(For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortality.)

Bshps For this corruptible, must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortalitie.
(For this corruptible, must put on incorruption, and this mortall must put on immortality.)

Gnva For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortall must put on immortalitie.
(For this corruptible must put on incorruption: and this mortall must put on immortality.)

Cvdl For this corruptible must put on vncorrupcion, and this mortall must put on immortalite.
(For this corruptible must put on uncorrupcion, and this mortall must put on immortalite.)

TNT For this corruptible must put on incorruptibilite: and this mortall must put on immortalite.

Wycl For it byhoueth this corruptible thing to clothe vncorrupcioun, and this deedli thing to putte awei vndeedlinesse.
(For it byhoueth this corruptible thing to clothe uncorrupcioun, and this deedli thing to put away undeedliness.)

Luth Denn dies Verwesliche muß anziehen das Unverwesliche, und dies Sterbliche muß anziehen die Unsterblichkeit
(Because this/these Verwesliche must put_on the Unverwesliche, and this/these Sterbliche must put_on the Unsterblichkeit)

ClVg Oportet enim corruptibile hoc induere incorruptionem: et mortale hoc induere immortalitatem.
(Oportet because corruptibile this to_put_on incorruption: and mortal this to_put_on immortality.)

UGNT δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν, καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν.
(dei gar to ftharton touto endusasthai aftharsian, kai to thnaʸton touto endusasthai athanasian.)

SBL-GNT δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν.
(dei gar to ftharton touto endusasthai aftharsian kai to thnaʸton touto endusasthai athanasian.)

RP-GNT Δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν, καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν.
(Dei gar to ftharton touto endusasthai aftharsian, kai to thnaʸton touto endusasthai athanasian.)

TC-GNT δεῖ γὰρ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν, καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν.
(dei gar to ftharton touto endusasthai aftharsian, kai to thnaʸton touto endusasthai athanasian.)

Key for above GNTs: yellow:punctuation differs (from our SR-GNT base).

SOTN SIL Open Translator’s Notes:

Section 15:1–58: Believers will rise from the dead

In this section Paul reminded the Corinthian believers about the gospel and showed them that the resurrection from the dead was an important part of the gospel. First (15:1–11) he wrote about the evidence showing that God raised Christ from the dead. Then (15:12–34) he taught that God will raise believers from the dead. Finally (15:35–58) he taught about what the resurrection body will be like.

Here are some other possible section headings:

The resurrection

People who die will live again

Christ has risen and his people will rise also

Paragraph 15:50–58

In this paragraph Paul finished answering the questions of 15:35. He said that God will transform both living believers and dead believers so that they can live in God’s heavenly kingdom.

15:53a

For the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable,

For our^(incl) bodies that can decay must change into bodies that cannot decay,
These bodies on this earth will become bodies for heaven.

For: The Greek conjunction that the BSB translates as For introduces a further explanation of what Paul said in 15:50–52.

the perishable must be clothed with the imperishable: Paul used the same words perishable and imperishable that he used in 15:42b-c. In this verse he used them with a figure of speech. The change from natural bodies to spiritual bodies is compared to putting on clothes. There are two ways to translate this figure of speech:

Keep the figure of speech. For example:
This body that can be destroyed must clothe itself with something that can never be destroyed. (NCV)
Translate the meaning. For example:
This body that decays must be changed into a body that cannot decay (GW)
our dying bodies must be transformed into bodies that will never die (NLT)

the perishable must be clothed: This is a passive clause. There are two ways to translate it:

Use a passive verb. For example:
Our dead and decaying bodies will be changed (CEV)
Use an active verb. For example:
the perishable must clothe itself (NIV)
Our bodies that are becoming spoiled must change (EASY)

15:53b

and the mortal with immortality.

and our bodies that die must change into bodies that live forever.
These bodies that die will become bodies that never die.

and the mortal with immortality: This is a short way to say, “and the mortal body must be clothed with immortality.” This means approximately the same as 15:53a. There are two ways to translate it:

Keep the figure of speech. For example:
these bodies which are mortal must be wrapped with immortality (NJB)
Translate the meaning. For example:
This mortal body must be changed into a body that will live forever. (GW)

the mortal: The phrase the mortal refers to things that can die.

Here is another way to translate this phrase:

our^(incl) bodies that can die

immortality: The word immortality refers to things that will never die.

Here is another way to translate this phrase:

bodies that cannot die

UTN uW Translation Notes:

Note 1 topic: figures-of-speech / parallelism

τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν, καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν

(Some words not found in SR-GNT: δεῖ Γάρ τό φθαρτόν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν καί τό θνητόν τοῦτο ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν)

Here Paul makes two very similar statements in which perishable goes with mortal and incorruptibility goes with immortality. These two statements are basically synonymous, and Paul repeats himself to emphasize the point. If it would be helpful in your language, you could indicate why Paul uses two parallel sentences by combining the two sentences into one. Alternate translation: [this perishable mortal to put on incorruptible immortality] or [this perishable and mortal to put on incorruptibility and immortality]

Note 2 topic: figures-of-speech / nominaladj

τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο & τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο

Paul is using the adjectives perishable and mortal as nouns in order to refer to perishable and mortal bodies. Your language may use adjectives in the same way. If not, you could translate these with appropriate noun phrases. Alternate translation: [this perishable body … this mortal body]

Note 3 topic: translate-unknown

τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο & ἀφθαρσίαν

Here, perishable and incorruptibility identify whether people or things last or fall apart. See how you translated the similar words in [15:42](../15/42.md), [50](../15/50.md). If it would be helpful in your language, you could express perishable and incorruptibility with two words or phrases that refer to how long things last. Alternate translation: [what passes away … what never passes away]

Note 4 topic: figures-of-speech / metaphor

ἐνδύσασθαι ἀφθαρσίαν & ἐνδύσασθαι ἀθανασίαν

˓to˒_dress_in indestructibility & ˓to˒_dress_in immortality

Here Paul speaks as if the perishable and the mortal could put on incorruptibility and immortality like they were pieces of clothing. He does not mean that believers still have what is perishable and mortal somehow underneath incorruptibility and immortality. Instead, Paul uses the metaphor to illustrate how people will change identity from what is perishable and mortal to incorruptibility and immortality. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express this figure of speech with a comparable metaphor or express the idea plainly. Alternate translation: [to change into incorruptibility … to change into immortality] or [to become incorruptible … to become immortal]

Note 5 topic: figures-of-speech / abstractnouns

ἀφθαρσίαν & ἀθανασίαν

indestructibility & immortality

If your language does not use abstract nouns for the ideas behind incorruptibility and immortality, you can express the idea by using adjectives such as “incorruptible” and “immortal.” Alternate translation: [what is incorruptible … what is immortal]

Note 6 topic: translate-unknown

τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο & ἀθανασίαν

Here, mortal and immortality identify whether people or things die or cannot die. If it would be helpful in your language, you could express mortal and immortality with two words or phrases that refer to whether things can die or not. Alternate translation: [what can die … what never dies]

Parallel 1 COR 15:53

Section 15:1–58: Believers will rise from the dead

Paragraph 15:50–58

15:53a

15:53b

Parallel 1 COR 15:53