1 Corinthians 15:55
O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?
Updated King James Version
In The King James Version
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
In Context
56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
Cross References
Job 18:13It shall devour the strength of his skin: even the firstborn of death shall devour his strength.
Psalms 49:8(For the redemption of their soul is precious, and it ceases for ever:)
Ecclesiastes 2:15Then said I in my heart, As it happens to the fool, so it happens even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also is vanity.
Ecclesiastes 8:8There is no man that has power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither has he power in the day of death: and there is no discharge in that war; neither shall wickedness deliver those that are given to it.
Hosea 13:14I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be your plagues; O grave, I will be your destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Acts 2:27Because you will not leave my soul in hell, neither will you suffer yours 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 →