1 Corinthians 15:55
O death where is thy sting? O graue where is thy victorie?
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
In Context
56The sting of death is sinne: and ye strength of sinne is the Lawe.
Cross References
Job 18:13It shall deuoure the inner partes of his skinne, and the first borne of death shall deuoure his strength.
Psalms 49:8(So precious is the redemption of their soules, and the continuance for euer)
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I thought in mine heart, It befalleth vnto me, as it befalleth to ye foole. Why therefore doe I then labour to be more wise? And I sayd in mine heart, that this also is vanitie.
Ecclesiastes 8:8Man is not lorde ouer the spirit to retaine the spirite: neither hath hee power in the day of death, nor deliuerance in the battell, neither shall wickednesse deliuer the possessers thereof.
Hosea 13:14I wil redeeme them from the power of the graue: I will deliuer them from death: O death, I wil be thy death: O graue, I will be thy destruction: repentance is hid from mine eyes.
Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not leaue my soule in graue, neither wilt suffer thine 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 →