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1 Corinthians 15:55

Death and lossThe resurrectionHopeFear

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

54 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?

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

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

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BSB
“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”
KJV
O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
WEB
“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
ASV
O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?
DARBY
Where, O death, [is] thy sting? where, O death, thy victory?
BLB
“Where, O death, [is] your victory? Where, O death, [is] your sting?”
ÅB
Død, hvor er din brodd? Død, hvor er din seier?
OTB
O død, hvor er din seier?
O død, hvor er din brodd?"
B1930
Død, hvor er din brodd? Død, hvor er din seier?

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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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • Acts 2:27

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

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  • Psalms 49:8–15

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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