54 So when this corruptible has put on incorruption, and this mortal has put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written: (A)“Death is swallowed up in victory.”

55 “O(B)[a] Death, where is your sting?
O Hades, where is your victory?”

56 The sting of death is sin, and (C)the strength of sin is the law.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:55 NU O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?

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)

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[b](B)

56 The sting of death is sin,(C) and the power of sin is the law.(D)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14