1 Corinthians 15:55

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

Revised King James New Testament

In The King James Version

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

In Context

54When the perishable has put on the imperishable, and the mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

56The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law.

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Cross References

Acts 2:27Because you will not leave my soul in Hades, neither will you allow your Holy One to see 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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