English Standard Version
1 Corinthians 15:54
54When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory."
1 Corinthians 15:54 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
- New International Version (NIV)When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”
- New King James Version (NKJV)So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: “Death is swallowed up in victory.”
- New Living Translation (NLT)Then, when our dying bodies have been transformed into bodies that will never die, this Scripture will be fulfilled: “Death is swallowed up in victory.
Context of 1 Corinthians 15:54
52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we shall be changed. 53For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: "Death is swallowed up in victory." 55"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?" 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
Read all of 1 Corinthians 151 Corinthians 15:54 word by word
ὅταν δὲ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀθανασίαν, τότε γενήσεται ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος· κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος.Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- ·ὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
- Soδέde · thenG1161
- whenὅτανhotan · when(-ever)G3752
- thisοὗτοςhoutos houtoi hautē hautai · this/he/she/itG3778
- corruptibleφθαρτόςphthartos · perishableG5349
- shall have put onἐνδύωenduō · to put onG1746
- incorruptionἀφθαρσίαaphtharsia · incorruptibilityG861
- andκαίkai · andG2532
- mortalθνητόςthnētos · mortalG2349
- immortalityἀθανασίαathanasia · immortalityG110
- thenτότεtote · thenG5119
- shall be brought to passγίνομαιginomai · to beG1096
- the sayingλόγοςlogos · wordG3056
- is writtenγράφωgraphō · to writeG1125
- Deathθάνατοςthanatos · deathG2288
- is swallowed upκαταπίνωkatapinō · to swallowG2666
- inεἰςeis · towardG1519
- victoryνῖκοςnikos · victoryG3534
Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:54
- Romans 2:7to those who by patience in well-doing seek for glory and honor and immortality, he will give eternal life;
- Romans 6:12Let not sin therefore reign in your mortal body, to make you obey its passions.
- Romans 8:11If the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead dwells in you, he who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through his Spirit who dwells in you.
- 2 Corinthians 4:11For we who live are always being given over to death for Jesus' sake, so that the life of Jesus also may be manifested in our mortal flesh.
- 2 Thessalonians 1:10when he comes on that day to be glorified in his saints, and to be marveled at among all who have believed, because our testimony to you was believed.
- Isaiah 25:8He will swallow up death forever; and the Lord God will wipe away tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will take away from all the earth, for the Lord has spoken.
- Luke 20:36for they cannot die anymore, because they are equal to angels and are sons of God, being sons of the resurrection.
- Hebrews 2:14Since therefore the children share in flesh and blood, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Revelation 20:14Then Death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. This is the second death, the lake of fire.
- Revelation 21:4He will wipe away every tear from their eyes, and death shall be no more, neither shall there be mourning, nor crying, nor pain anymore, for the former things have passed away."
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:54
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 54Death is swallowed up in victory - ̔ . These words are a quotation from Isaiah 25:8, where the Hebrew is לנצח המות בלע billa hammaveth lanetsach : He (God) hath swallowed up death in victory; or, for ever. These words in the Septuagint are thus translated: ̔ · Death having prevailed, or conquered, hath swallowed up. But in the version of Theodotion, the words are the same with those of the apostle. The Hebrew לנצח lanetsach the Septuagint sometimes…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 54So when - In that future glorious world, when all this shall have been accomplished. Then shall be brought to pass - Then shall be fully accomplished; these words shall then receive their entire fulfillment; or this event shall meet all that is implied in these words. The saying that is written - What is written, or the record which is made. These words are quoted from Isaiah 25:8; and the fact that Paul thus quotes them, and the connection in which…Read the comment
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 51-58Verses 51-58 All the saints should not die, but all would be changed. In the gospel, many truths, before hidden in mystery, are made known. Death never shall appear in the regions to which our Lord will bear his risen saints. Therefore let us seek the full assurance of faith and hope, that in the midst of pain, and in the prospect of death, we may think calmly on the horrors of the tomb; assured that our bodies will there sleep, and in the mean time our…Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 54"Death has been swallowed up in victory": Resurrection defeats the ultimate enemy, death. The power of the Spirit helps believers overcome sin now (see Romans 8:2, 11).Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5454. then--not before. Death has as yet a sting even to the believer, in that his body is to be under its power till the resurrection. But then the sting and power of death shall cease for ever. Death is swallowed up in victory--In Hebrew of Is 25:8, from which it is quoted, "He (Jehovah) will swallow up death in victory"; that is, for ever: as "in victory" often means in Hebrew idiom (Jr 3:5; La 5:20). Christ will swallow it up so altogether victoriously…Read the comment
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Illustrated New Testament
- Burkitt’s Expository Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Family Bible Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- The People’s New Testament
- Robertson’s Word Pictures
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
- Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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