New English Translation
1 Corinthians 15:55
55“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
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 body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality. 54Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen, “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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ποῦ σου, θάνατε, τὸ νῖκος; ποῦ σου, θάνατε, τὸ κέντρον;Read the interlinear
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Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:55
- Hosea 13:14Will I deliver them from the power of Sheol? No, I will not! Will I redeem them from death? No, I will not! O Death, bring on your plagues! O Sheol, bring on your destruction! My eyes will not show any compassion!
- Acts 9:5So he said, “Who are you, Lord?” He replied, “I am Jesus whom you are persecuting!
- Revelation 9:10They have tails and stingers like scorpions, and their ability to injure people for five months is in their tails.
- Luke 16:23And in hell, as he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far off with Lazarus at his side.
- Acts 2:27because you will not leave my soul in Hades, nor permit your Holy One to experience decay.
- Revelation 20:13The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to his deeds.
- Job 18:13It eats away parts of his skin; the most terrible death devours his limbs.
- Psalms 49:8(the ransom price for a human life is too high, and people go to their final destiny),
- Psalms 89:48No man can live on without experiencing death, or deliver his life from the power of Sheol. (Selah)
- Ecclesiastes 2:15So I thought to myself, “The fate of the fool will happen even to me! Then what did I gain by becoming so excessively wise?” So I lamented to myself, “The benefits of wisdom are ultimately meaningless!”
- Ecclesiastes 3:19For the fate of humans and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.
- Ecclesiastes 8:8Just as no one has power over the wind to restrain it, so no one has power over the day of his death. Just as no one can be discharged during the battle, so wickedness cannot rescue the wicked.
- Ecclesiastes 9:5For the living know that they will die, but the dead do not know anything; they have no further reward – and even the memory of them disappears.
- Romans 5:14Yet death reigned from Adam until Moses even over those who did not sin in the same way that Adam (who is a type of the coming one) transgressed.
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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