1 Corinthians 15:55
“Where, O death, is thy sting? Where, O death, is thy victory?”
Noyes 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 strength of sin is the Law.
Cross References
Job 18:13His limbs are consumed, Yea, his limbs are devoured by the first-born of death.
Psalms 49:8That he should live to eternity, And not see the pit.
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I said in my heart, “As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth to me. Why, then, became I wiser than others?” Then I said in my heart, “This also is vanity.”
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit, and no man hath power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in that war; and wickedness shall not deliver those that are guilty of it.
Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death; O death, where is thy plague? O grave, where is thy destruction? Repentance is hidden from mine eyes.
Acts 2:27because thou wilt not abandon my soul to the underworld, nor wilt thou suffer 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 →