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1 Corinthians 15:55

‘death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, Death, is your victory? Where, death, is your sting?’

Open English Bible (US)

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54And, when this dying body has put on its deathless form, then indeed will the words of scripture come true –

56It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.

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Cross References

Psalms 49:8for the ransom of a life is costly, no payment is ever enough,

Hosea 13:14Should I deliver them from the power of Sheol? Should I redeem them from death? Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your pestilence? Compassion is forever hidden from my eyes.

Acts 2:27For you will not abandon my soul to Hades, nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo 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 →

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