1 Corinthians 15:55-57

Coffman Commentaries on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.Oh sing unto Jehovah a new song; For he hath done marvelous things: His right hand, and his holy arm, hath wrought salvation! (Psalms 98:1).Through our Lord Jesus Christ ... In the New Testament this always has reference to being "in Christ" as in the next verse where Paul said "in the Lord." God's way of saving people is by their being transferred "into Christ," identified with Christ, and thus saved "as Christ." As... read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:54-55

1 Corinthians 15:54-55. So when this corruptible, &c.— Or, And when, &c. "When this glorious and long expected event shall be accomplished,—when this corruptible part of our frame shall have put on incorruption, &c. thenshall be fulfilled what is written, Isaiah 25:8. Death is swallowed up in victory; perfectly subdued and destroyed; and so happy a state introduced, that it would hardly be known that death had ever had any place or power among Christ's subjects; in the assured view... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:55

55. Quoted from :-, substantially; but freely used by the warrant of the Spirit by which Paul wrote. The Hebrew may be translated, "O death, where are thy plagues? Where, O Hades, is thy destruction?" The Septuagint, "Where is thy victory (literally, in a lawsuit), O death? Where is thy sting, O Hades? . . . Sting" answers to the Hebrew "plagues," namely, a poisoned sting causing plagues. Appropriate, as to the old serpent (Genesis 3:14; Genesis 3:15; Numbers 21:6). "Victory" answers to the... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:56

56. If there were no sin, there would be no death. Man's transgression of the law gives death its lawful power. strength of sin is the law—Without the law sin is not perceived or imputed (Romans 3:20; Romans 4:15; Romans 5:13). The law makes sin the more grievous by making God's will the clearer (Romans 5:13- :). Christ's people are no longer "under the law" (Romans 6:14). read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:57

57. to God—The victory was in no way due to ourselves (Psalms 98:1). giveth—a present certainty. the victory—which death and Hades ("the grave") had aimed at, but which, notwithstanding the opposition of them, as well as of the law and sin, we have gained. The repetition of the word (1 Corinthians 15:54; 1 Corinthians 15:55) is appropriate to the triumph gained. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:50-58

4. The assurance of victory over death 15:50-58Paul brought his revelation of the resurrection to a climax in this paragraph by clarifying what all this means for the believer in Christ. Here he also dealt with the exceptional case of living believers’ transformation at the Rapture. Transformation is absolutely necessary to enter the spiritual mode of future existence. This transformation will happen when Christ comes. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:55

Paul modified for his own purposes Hosea’s defiant challenge for death (personified) to do its worst (Hosea 13:14) and used the passage to taunt death himself. Death is man’s last enemy (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:25). God will defeat it when He raises His people to life. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:56

The fatal sting of death touches humans through sin (Romans 6:23). What makes sin sinful is the law of God (Romans 7:7-11). Because Jesus Christ overcame sin and fulfilled the law, death cannot hold its prey (Romans 5:12-21). Death is still an enemy in the sense that it robs us of mortal life. Notwithstanding it is not a terror to the believer because it is the doorway into an immortal life of glory. read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - 1 Corinthians 15:57

The victory over the condemnation of the law, sin, and death comes to us through Jesus Christ (cf. Romans 8:2). For this Paul was very grateful to God, as every believer should be (cf. Romans 7:25). read more

John Darby

Darby's Synopsis of the New Testament - 1 Corinthians 15:55

15:55 victory? (f-11) See Hosea 13:14 . read more

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