New American Standard Bible 2020
1 Corinthians 15:55
1 Corinthians 15:55 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
- New International Version (NIV)“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
- English Standard Version (ESV)"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?"
- New King James Version (NKJV)“O Death, where is your sting? O Hades, where is your victory?”
Context of 1 Corinthians 15:55
53For this perishable must put on the imperishable, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54But when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then will come about the saying that is written: “Death has been swallowed up in victory. Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?” 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law; 57but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:55
- Hosea 13:14Shall I ransom them from the power of Sheol? Shall I redeem them from death? Death, where are your thorns? Sheol, where is your sting? Compassion will be hidden from My sight.
- Acts 9:5And he said, “Who are You, Lord?” And He said, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting,
- Revelation 9:10They have tails like scorpions, and stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt people for five months.
- Luke 16:23And in Hades he raised his eyes, being in torment, and saw Abraham far away and Lazarus in his arms.
- Acts 2:27For You will not abandon my soul to Hades, Nor will You allow Your Holy One to undergo decay.
- Revelation 20:13And the sea gave up the dead who were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead who were in them; and they were judged, each one of them according to their deeds.
- Job 18:13It devours parts of his skin, The firstborn of death devours his limbs.
- Psalms 49:8For the redemption of his soul is priceless, And he should cease imagining forever--
- Psalms 89:48What man can live and not see death? Can he save his soul from the power of Sheol? Selah
- Ecclesiastes 2:15Then I said to myself, “As is the fate of the fool, it will also happen to me. Why then have I been extremely wise?” So I said to myself, “This too is futility.”
- Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fate of the sons of mankind and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; indeed, they all have the same breath, and there is no advantage for mankind over animals, for all is futility.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8No one has authority over the wind to restrain the wind, nor authority over the day of death; and there is no military discharge in the time of war, and evil will not save those who practice it.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die; but the dead do not know anything, nor do they have a reward any longer, for their memory is forgotten.
- Romans 5:14Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who had not sinned in the likeness of the violation committed by Adam, who is a type of Him who was to come.
Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:55
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? - , , · , ̔ͅ, · These words are generally supposed to be taken from Hosea 13:14, where the Hebrew text stands thus: שאול קטבך אהי מות דבריך אהי ehi debareyca maueth ; ehikatabca sheol : which we translate, O death! I will be thy plagues; O grave! I will be thy destruction; and which the Septuagint translate very nearly as the apostle, ̔ , ; , ̔ͅ ; O death, where is thy revenge, or judicial…Read the comment
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 55“O death.” This triumphant exclamation is the commencement of the fourth division of the chapter, the practical consequences of the doctrine. It is such an exclamation as every man with right feelings will be disposed to make, who contemplates the ravages of death; who looks upon a world where in all forms he has reigned, and who then contemplates the glorious truth, that a complete and final triumph has been obtained over this great enemy of the…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. 55This quote from (Hosea 13:14 assures believers they need not fear death. Death is compared to the sting of a scorpion.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 5555. Quoted from Ho 13:14, substantially; but freely used by the warrant of the Spirit by which Paul wrote. The Hebrew may be translated, "O death, where are thy plagues? Where, O Hades, is thy destruction?" The Septuagint, "Where is thy victory (literally, in a lawsuit), O death? Where is thy sting, O Hades? ... Sting" answers to the Hebrew "plagues," namely, a poisoned sting causing plagues. Appropriate, as to the old serpent (Ge 3:14, 15; Nu 21:6)…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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