This text tells us that when Christ returns, He will bring with Him those who are asleep in Him, and then their bodies will be raised, made new like Christ’s resurrected body, to be joined with their spirits which He brings with Him. All believers in Christ who are living at the return of Christ will have their bodies changed to be like Christ, and they will be completely new in their spirits, no longer having a sin nature.
Kifungu hiki kinatuambia kwamba wakati Kristo atakaporudi, ataleta pamoja naye walio lala katika Yesu, na kisha miili yao itafufuliwa, watafanywa upya kama mwili wa Kristo uliofufuka, kwa kuwa alijiunga na roho zao ambazo Yeye huleta pamoja naye. Waumini wote ambao wanaishi katika kurudi kwa Kristo, wapata miili yao kubadilishwa na kuwa kama ya Kristo, na watakuwa wapya kabisa katika roho zao, bila tena kuwa na asili ya dhambi.