"O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}" — 1 Corinthians 15:55

1 Corinthians 15:55 · KJV

“O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}”

— 1 Corinthians 15:55

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.

Verse 56

The sting of death {is} sin; and the strength of sin {is} the law.

1 Corinthians 15 — Context

For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal {must} put on immortality.

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.

O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}

The sting of death {is} sin; and the strength of sin {is} the law.

But thanks {be} to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Cross References

Hosea 13:14

I will ransom them from the power of the grave; I will redeem them from death: O death, I will be thy plagues; O grave, I will be thy destruction: repentance shall be hid from mine eyes. {power: Heb. hand}

Psalms 89:48

What man {is he that} liveth, and shall not see death? shall he deliver his soul from the hand of the grave? Selah.

Romans 5:14

Nevertheless death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the similitude of Adam's transgression, who is the figure of him that was to come.

Acts 2:27

Because thou wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither wilt thou suffer thine Holy One to see corruption.

Psalms 49:8-15

(For the redemption of their soul {is} precious, and it ceaseth for ever:)

Ecclesiastes 2:15-16

Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so it happeneth even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then I said in my heart, that this also {is} vanity. {happeneth even...: Heb. happeneth to me, even to me}

Acts 9:5

And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And the Lord said, I am Jesus whom thou persecutest: {it is} hard for thee to kick against the pricks.

Ecclesiastes 9:5-6

For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not any thing, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten.