1 Corinthians 15:55
Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
In Context
56Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law;—
Cross References
Job 18:13Let it devour the members of his body, Let the firstborn of death devour his members;
Psalms 49:8So costly, is the redemption of their soul, That it faileth unto times age-abiding;
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said, I, in my heart, As it happeneth to the dullard, even to me, will it happen, but wherefore, then, became, I, wise to excess? Therefore spake I, in my heart, Even this, is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8No man, hath power over the spirit, to retain the spirit, and, none, hath power over the day of death, and there is no furlough in war,—neither shall lawlessness deliver them who are given thereto.
Hosea 13:14Out of the hand of hades, will I ransom them, out of death, will I redeem them,—Where is thy pestilence, O death? Where thy plague, O hades? Repentance, shall be hid from mine eyes.
Acts 2:27Because thou wilt not abandon my soul unto hades, neither wilt thou give thy man of lovingkindness 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 →