1 Corinthians 15:55

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

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54And when this that is corruptible, shall put on incorruption, and this that dieth, immortality; then will take place the word that is written, " Death is absorbed in victory."

56Now the sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

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Cross References

Acts 2:27For thou wilt not leave my soul in the grave, nor wilt thou give thy pious 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 →

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