1 Corinthians 15:55

O death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory?

A Conservative Version

In The King James Version

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

In Context

54But when this perishable will have put on imperishability, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then will come to pass the saying that is written, Death was swallowed up in victory.

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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Cross References

Job 18:13The members of his body shall be devoured. The first-born of death shall devour his body-parts.

Psalms 49:8(for the redemption of their life is costly, and it fails forever),

Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it will happen even to me, and why then was I more wise? Then said I in my heart that this also is vanity.

Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man who has power over the spirit to retain the spirit, nor has he power over the day of death. And there is no discharge in war. Neither shall wickedness deliver him who is given to it.

Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol. I will redeem them from death. O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy sting? Repentance shall be hid from my eyes.

Acts 2:27Because thou will not leave my soul in Hades, nor will thou give thy Holy man to see decay.

Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:52-58

The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the… Read the whole commentary →

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