1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory?
ASV Byzantine Text
In The King James Version
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
In Context
56The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
Cross References
Job 18:13The members of his body shall be devoured, Yea, the firstborn of death shall devour his members.
Psalms 49:8(For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth forever),
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that 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 destruction? repentance shall be hidden from mine eyes.
Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.
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 →