1 Corinthians 15:55

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Where, O death, is your sting? Where, O grave, is your victory?

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  • Hos 13:14 : 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.
  • Ps 49:8-9 : 8 no man can redeem another or give to God a ransom for him— 9 for the redemption of their soul is costly, and it ceases forever— 10 that he should live on forever and not see the pit of decay. 11 For he sees that even the wise die; the fool and the senseless alike perish and leave their wealth to others. 12 Their inward thought is that their houses will last forever, and their dwelling places for all generations; they call their lands by their own names. 13 But man in his honor does not remain; he is like the beasts that perish. 14 This is their fate, their foolish confidence. And yet, after them, people approve their words. Selah. 15 Like sheep, they are appointed for Sheol; Death will shepherd them. The upright will rule over them in the morning, and their form will decay in the grave, far from lofty dwellings.
  • Ps 89:48 : 48 Remember how fleeting my life is; for what futility have you created all humanity!
  • Eccl 2:15-16 : 15 Then I said in my heart, 'What happens to the fool will also happen to me. So why have I been so very wise?' And I concluded in my heart, 'This too is meaningless.' 16 For the wise, like the fool, will not be remembered forever; in the days to come, everything will be forgotten. How does the wise person die? Just like the fool!
  • Eccl 3:19 : 19 For the fate of humans and the fate of animals is the same. As one dies, so dies the other; they all have the same breath, and humans have no advantage over animals, for everything is meaningless.
  • Eccl 8:8 : 8 No one has power over the wind to restrain it, and no one has power over the day of death. No one is discharged in the time of war, and wickedness will not save those who practice it.
  • Eccl 9:5-6 : 5 For the living know that they will die, but the dead know nothing; they have no further reward, and even their memory is forgotten. 6 Their love, their hatred, and their envy have already vanished, and they will never again have a part in anything that happens under the sun.
  • Luke 16:23 : 23 In Hades, where he was in torment, he looked up and saw Abraham far away, with Lazarus by his side.
  • Acts 2:27 : 27 because You will not abandon me to the realm of the dead, nor will You let Your Holy One see decay.
  • Acts 9:5 : 5 He said, "Who are You, Lord?" The Lord replied, "I am Jesus, whom you are persecuting. It is hard for you to kick against the goads."
  • Rom 5:14 : 14 Yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who did not sin in the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is a type of the One who was to come.
  • Rev 20:13-14 : 13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them. Each person was judged according to what they had done. 14 Then death and Hades were thrown into the lake of fire. The lake of fire is the second death.
  • Job 18:13-14 : 13 It devours parts of his skin; death's firstborn consumes his limbs. 14 He is uprooted from the security of his tent and marched off to the king of terrors.
  • Rev 9:10 : 10 They had tails with stingers like scorpions, and in their tails, they had power to harm people for five months.

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    50 Now I say this, brothers and sisters: flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God, nor does the perishable inherit the imperishable.

    51 Behold, I tell you a mystery: we will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,

    52 in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trumpet. For the trumpet will sound, and the dead will be raised imperishable, and we will be changed.

    53 For this perishable body must put on the imperishable, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

    54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will be fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.'

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    56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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

    58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  • 26 The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

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    35 But someone will ask, 'How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?'

    36 Foolish one, what you sow does not come to life unless it dies.

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    18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

    19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.

    20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

    21 For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

    22 For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

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    42 So it is with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

    43 It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

    44 It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

  • 12 So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.

  • 9 We know that Christ, having been raised from the dead, will never die again; death no longer has power over Him.

  • 14 I will ransom them from the power of Sheol; I will redeem them from death. Death, where are your plagues? Sheol, where is your destruction? Compassion will be hidden from my eyes.

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    12 Now if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

    13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • 10 and has now been revealed through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who has destroyed death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel.

  • 8 He will swallow up death forever. The Sovereign LORD will wipe away the tears from all faces; he will remove the disgrace of his people from all the earth. The LORD has spoken.

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    5 Return, LORD! Rescue my soul; save me because of Your steadfast love.

  • 16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • 10 But a man dies and is laid low; he breathes his last and where is he?

  • 4 For while we are in this tent, we groan and are burdened, because we do not wish to be unclothed but to be clothed instead with our heavenly dwelling, so that what is mortal may be swallowed up by life.

  • 28 Do not be amazed at this, for an hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice.

  • 29 Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

  • 21 So that, just as sin reigned in death, so also grace might reign through righteousness to bring eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.

  • 7 For the one who has died has been freed from sin.

  • 15 Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his faithful ones.

  • 23 For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • 15 and might free those who all their lives were held in slavery by their fear of death.

  • 4 They have no struggles; their bodies are healthy and strong.

  • 12 Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people, because all sinned.

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    31 I face death every day—yes, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

    32 If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'

  • 21 But what fruit did you produce then from the things you are now ashamed of? The outcome of those things is death.

  • 15 We used to share close communion together; we walked with the crowd in the house of God.

  • 25 Jesus said to her, 'I am the resurrection and the life. The one who believes in me, even if he dies, will live.'

  • 22 Who rejoice exceedingly and are glad when they find the grave.

  • 2 For the law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free from the law of sin and death.

  • 15 Then, after desire has conceived, it gives birth to sin; and when sin is fully grown, it gives birth to death.

  • 6 In those days people will seek death but will not find it; they will desire to die, but death will flee from them.

  • 10 He died for us so that, whether we are awake or asleep, we may live together with Him.

  • 4 From the voice of the enemy, and from the oppression of the wicked—for they bring down trouble on me and in their anger they hate me.