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1 Corinthians 15:55 — King James Version← Study notes

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


1 Corinthians 15:55Greek Interlinear

Greek · 1 Corinthians 15:5510 words
GreekMeaning
ποῦpou
about, a certain placeadverbG4225
σουsou
of youpronounG4771
θάνατεthanate
O deathnounG2288
τὸto
thearticleG3588
νῖκοςnikos
victorynounG3534
ποῦpou
about, a certain placeadverbG4225
σουsou
of youpronounG4771
θάνατεthanate
(be…) deathnounG2288
τὸto
thearticleG3588
κέντρονkentron
stingnounG2759
Greek text from the SBL Greek New Testament (SBLGNT). Transliteration follows SBL Academic conventions.

Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:55

“O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?” Do you see his noble soul? How even as one who is offering sacrifices for victory, having become inspired and seeing already things future as things past, he leaps and tramples upon death fallen at his feet, and shouts a cry of triumph over its head where it lies, exclaiming mightily and saying, “O death, where is your sting? O grave, where is your victory?” It is clean gone, it is perished, it is utterly…

Chrysostom · 4th century · Homily 42 on First Corinthians
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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Priya SharmaNote3mo 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...
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