1 Corinthians 15:55
“Where, O Death, is your sting? Where, O Hades, is your victory?”
Majority Standard Bible
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 18:13It devours patches of his skin; the firstborn of death devours his limbs.
Psalms 49:8For the redemption of his soul is costly, and never can payment suffice,
Ecclesiastes 2:15So I said to myself, “The fate of the fool will also befall me. What then have I gained by being wise?” And I said to myself that this too is futile.
Ecclesiastes 8:8As no man has power over the wind to contain it, so no one has authority over his day of death. As no one can be discharged in wartime, so wickedness will not release those who practice it.
Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from Death. Where, O Death, are your plagues? Where, O Sheol, is your sting? Compassion is hidden from My eyes.
Acts 2:27because You will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor will You let Your Holy One 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 →