1 Corinthians 15:55 — Community Reflections

1 CORINTHIANS 15:55 — KING JAMES VERSION 1

“O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?”

'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?' — Paul cites Hosea 13:14 in jubilant taunt-form. Death is addressed as defeated, stripped of its terrors. The rhetorical questions assume death has lost its power.

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Priya SharmaNote1mo ago

Death Has Been Swallowed Up

Paul celebrates: 'Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?' This is taunt-song. Death has been defeated. I'm a palliative care nurse. I sit with dying people regularly. I see f...