1 Corinthians 15:55
‘Death has been swallowed up in victory! Where, O Death, is thy victory? Where, O Death, is thy sting?’
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
In Context
56It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
Cross References
Acts 2:27For thou wilt not abandon my soul to the Place of Death, Nor surrender me, your holy one, to undergo 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 →