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1 Corinthians 15:54-56
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
1 Corinthians 15:54-56
Disciples’ Literal New Testament
54 And when this decayable body puts-on undecayability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying having been written will come-about[a]: “Death was swallowed-up in victory” [Isa 25:8]. 55 “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your stinger?” [Hos 13:14]. 56 Now the stinger[b] of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law[c].
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- 1 Corinthians 15:54 Or, take-place, come-to-pass, happen.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 Death delivers its poison through sin. Sin is what brings separation from God in death. Apart from sin, death is powerless.
- 1 Corinthians 15:56 The Law establishes the line to cross, and the penalty for doing so.
1 Corinthians 15:54-56
New International Version
1 Corinthians 15:54-56
New International Version
54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[a](A)
56 The sting of death is sin,(C) and the power of sin is the law.(D)
Footnotes
- 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
- 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14
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