But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
57. But thanks be to God From this it appears, why it it was that he made mention both of sin and of the law, when treating of death. Death has no sting with which to wound except sin, and the law imparts to this sting a deadly power.
To confirm what he had said of this change, I. He here tells them what had been concealed from or unknown to them till then - that all the saints would not die, but all would be changed. Those that are alive at our Lord's coming will be caught up into the clouds, without dying, Th1 4:11.
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:51-57
Verse 57. But thanks be to God. . Which giveth us the victory. Us who are Christians; all Christians. The victory over sin, death, and the grave. God alone is the author of this victory. He formed the plan; he executed it in the gift of his Son; and' he gives it to us personally when we come to die. Through our Lord Jesus Christ.