1 Corinthians 15:55

American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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

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American Standard Version with Strong's Numbers

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Divine name rendering: Frequently renders the Tetragrammaton as Jehovah in the Old Testament, following ASV tradition.
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Stable, longstanding scholarly text

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Archaic language reduces readability
Older textual basis compared to some modern translations
Strong's numbers are a concordance index, not full lexical definitions

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Referenced Verses

Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
Ps 49:8-9 : 8 (For the redemption of their life is costly, And it faileth for ever;) 9 That he should still live alway, That he should not see corruption. 10 For he shall see it. Wise men die; The fool and the brutish alike perish, And leave their wealth to others. 11 Their inward thought is, [that] their houses [shall continue] for ever, [And] their dwelling-places to all generations; They call their lands after their own names. 12 But man [being] in honor abideth not: He is like the beasts that perish. 13 This their way is their folly: Yet after them men approve their sayings. {H5542} 14 They are appointed as a flock for Sheol; Death shall be their shepherd; And the upright shall have dominion over them in the morning; And their beauty shall be for Sheol to consume, That there be no habitation for it. 15 But God will redeem my soul from the power of Sheol; For he will receive me. {H5542}
Ps 89:48 : 48 What man is he that shall live and not see death, That shall deliver his soul from the power of Sheol? {H5542}
Eccl 2:15-16 : 15 Then said I in my heart, As it happeneth to the fool, so will it happen even to me; and why was I then more wise? Then said I in my heart, that this also is vanity. 16 For of the wise man, even as of the fool, there is no remembrance for ever; seeing that in the days to come all will have been long forgotten. And how doth the wise man die even as the fool!
Eccl 3:19 : 19 For that which befalleth the sons of men befalleth beasts; even one thing befalleth them: as the one dieth, so dieth the other; yea, they have all one breath; and man hath no preeminence above the beasts: for all is vanity.
Eccl 8:8 : 8 There is no man that hath power over the spirit to retain the spirit; neither hath he power over the day of death; and there is no discharge in war: neither shall wickedness deliver him that is given to it.
Eccl 9:5-6 : 5 For the living know that they shall die: but the dead know not anything, neither have they any more a reward; for the memory of them is forgotten. 6 As well their love, as their hatred and their envy, is perished long ago; neither have they any more a portion for ever in anything that is done under the sun.
Luke 16:23 : 23 And in Hades he lifted up his eyes, being in torments, and seeth Abraham afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.
Acts 2:27 : 27 Because thou wilt not leave my soul unto Hades, Neither wilt thou give thy Holy One to see corruption.
Acts 9:5 : 5 And he said, Who art thou, Lord? And he [said], I am Jesus whom thou persecutest:
Rom 5:14 : 14 Nevertheless death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over them that had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a figure of him that was to come.
Rev 20:13-14 : 13 And the sea gave up the dead that were in it; and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them: and they were judged every man according to their works. 14 And death and Hades were cast into the lake of fire. This is the second death, [even] the lake of fire.
Job 18:13-14 : 13 The members of his body shall be devoured, [Yea], the first-born of death shall devour his members. 14 He shall be rooted out of his tent where he trusteth; And he shall be brought to the king of terrors.
Rev 9:10 : 10 And they have tails like unto scorpions, and {G2258} stings; and in their tails is their power to hurt men five months.

Similar Verses (AI)

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1 Cor 15:50-54
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50Now this I say, brethren, that flesh and blood {G3756} cannot inherit the kingdom of God; neither doth corruption inherit incorruption.
51Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all {G3303} shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed,
52in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.
53For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.
54But when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
1 Cor 15:56-58
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56The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
57but thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58Wherefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labor is not vain in the Lord.
1 Cor 15:26
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26The last enemy that shall be abolished is death.
1 Cor 15:35-36
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35But some one will say, How are the dead raised? and with what manner of body do they come?
36Thou foolish one, that which thou thyself sowest is not quickened except {G3361} it die:
1 Cor 15:18-22
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18Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
20But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.
21For since by man [came] death, by man [came] also the resurrection of the dead.
22For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive.
1 Cor 15:42-44
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42So also is the resurrection of the dead. It is sown in corruption; it is raised in incorruption:
43it is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory: it is sown in weakness; it is raised in power:
44it is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, {G2532} there is also a spiritual [body].
2 Cor 4:12
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12So then death {G3303} worketh in us, but life in you.
Rom 6:9
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9knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death no more hath dominion over him.
Hos 13:14
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14I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death: O death, where are thy plagues? O Sheol, where is thy destruction? repentance shall be hid from mine eyes.
1 Cor 15:12-13
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69%
12Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, {G3761} neither hath Christ been raised:
2 Tim 1:10
69%
10but hath now been manifested by the appearing of our Saviour Christ Jesus, who abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel,
Isa 25:8
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8He hath swallowed up death for ever; and the Lord Jehovah will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the reproach of his people will he take away from off all the earth: for Jehovah hath spoken it.
Ps 6:5
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5For in death there is no remembrance of thee: In Sheol who shall give thee thanks?
1 Cor 15:16
68%
16For if the dead are not raised, {G3761} neither hath Christ been raised:
Job 14:10
68%
10But man dieth, and is laid low: Yea, man giveth up the ghost, and where is he?
2 Cor 5:4
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4For indeed we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened; not for that we would be unclothed, but that we would be clothed upon, that what is mortal may be swallowed up of life.
John 5:28
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28Marvel not at this: for the hour cometh, in which all that are in the tombs shall hear his voice,
1 Cor 15:29
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29Else what shall they do that are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?
Rom 5:21
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21that, as sin reigned in death, even so might grace reign through righteousness unto eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Rom 6:7
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7for he that hath died is justified from sin.
Ps 116:15
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15Precious in the sight of Jehovah Is the death of his saints.
Rom 6:23
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23For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Heb 2:15
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15and might deliver all them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage.
Ps 73:4
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4For there are no pangs in their death; But their strength is firm.
Rom 5:12
66%
12Therefore, as through one man sin entered into the world, and death through sin; and so death passed unto all men, for that all sinned: —
1 Cor 15:31-32
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66%
31I protest by that glorifying in you, brethren, which I have in Christ Jesus our Lord, I die {G2596} daily.
32If after the manner of men I fought with beasts at Ephesus, what doth it profit me? If the dead are not raised, let us eat and drink, for to-morrow we die.
Rom 6:21
66%
21What fruit then had ye at that time in the things whereof ye are now ashamed? for the end of those things is death.
Ps 55:15
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15Let death come suddenly upon them, Let them go down alive into Sheol; For wickedness is in their dwelling, in the midst of them.
John 11:25
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25Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth on me, though he die, yet shall he live;
Job 3:22
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22Who rejoice exceedingly, And are glad, when they can find the grave?
Rom 8:2
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2For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus made me free from the law of sin and of death.
Jas 1:15
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15Then the lust, when it hath conceived, beareth sin: and the sin, when it is fullgrown, bringeth forth death.
Rev 9:6
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6And in those days men shall seek death, and shall in no wise find it; and they shall desire to die, and death fleeth from them.
1 Thess 5:10
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10who died for us, that, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with him.
Ps 55:4
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4My heart is sore pained within me: And the terrors of death are fallen upon me.