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1 Corinthians 15

1 Corinthians 15:55

Where, O Death, Is Your Victory? · 1 Corinthians 15:50–58
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Translations

Modern
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
Traditional
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Literal
“Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
Latin
Ubi est mors victoria tua? ubi est mors stimulus tuus?

Original

Greek
English
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

Notes

1 Corinthians 15:55

  • This quote from (Hosea 13:14 assures believers they need not fear death.

  • Death is compared to the sting of a scorpion.

1 Corinthians 15:35–58

Paul talks about what resurrection bodies are like, possibly answering doubts. In the Greco-Roman world, people often believed the soul was immortal, but not that the body could rise again.

1 Corinthians 15:1–58

Some church members doubted a future resurrection of the dead. Paul reassures them and addresses their skeptical questions by discussing the nature of a resurrection body.

Parallels

Hosea 13:9–14

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (New Testament) Body Body of Christ Eschatology Exaltation of Christ First Letter to the Corinthians Glorification Intermediate State Life Mourning New Creation, New Creature Parousia Peter, the Apostle Place of the Dead Poetry, Biblical

Topics

Apostrophe: To Death and the Grave Death of the Righteous Death: Apostrophe To Death: Unclassified Scriptures Relating To Grave: General Scriptures Concerning Immortality: General Scriptures Concerning Resurrection: General Scriptures Concerning The Death of Saints: Met Without Fear War: Over Death and the Grave Warfare of Saints: Victory In, Is: Over Death and the Grave