1 Corinthians 15:55

Where[?] of{you}, death, the goad/prick/spur/sharp-point[?] Where[?] of{you}, unseen/Hades, the victory[?]

Garth's Hyper-literal Translation

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54Moreover, when-supposing the ruinable, the-same, may-clothe-self without-ruin-ia and the die-able, the-same, may-clothe-self without-death/die-ia/immortality, then the word, the having-been-written, will-become, "'The death is-drunk-down[i.e. swallowed up]' into victory."

56Moreover, the goad/prick/spur/sharp-point of{the death} [is] the sin; moreover, the enablement/empowerment of{the sin} [is] the law;

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Cross References

Acts 2:27that you-will_not_leave-in-down/against/leave-behind the life of{me} into of{unseen/hades} nor will-give the pious of{you} to-behold through-ruin[i.e. 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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