1 Corinthians 15:55

1 Corinthians 15:55

53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and ^athis mortal must put on immortality.

54 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: ^a“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55 “O¹^a Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and ^athe strength of sin is the law.

57 ^aBut thanks be to God, who gives us ^bthe victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 ^aTherefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing ^bthat your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Commentaries:

Robertson's Word Pictures (NT)

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Victory (nikov). Late form of nikh.

O death (qanate). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX for Hebrew Sheol (Hosea 13:14) to death. Paul never uses Hades.

Thy sting (sou to kentron). Old word from kentrew, to prick, as in Acts 26:14. In Revelation 9:10 of the sting of locusts, scorpions. The serpent death has lost his poison fangs.

**Other Robertson's Word Pictures (NT) entries containing 1 Corinthians 15:55:**

Matthew 16:18
Acts 26:14
Revelation 9:10

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