1 Corinthians 15:55-57

John Trapp Complete Commentary - 1 Corinthians 15:57

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. Ver. 57. But thanks be to God, &c. ] Here St Paul, Christ’s chief herald, proclaims his victory with a world of solemnity and triumph. read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 15:55

O death: Hosea 13:14 sting: Acts 9:5, Revelation 9:10,*Gr. grave: or, hell, Luke 16:23, Acts 2:27, Revelation 20:13, Revelation 20:14,*Gr. is thy victory: Job 18:13, Job 18:14, Psalms 49:8-Ezra :, Psalms 89:48, Ecclesiastes 2:15, Ecclesiastes 2:16, Ecclesiastes 3:19, Ecclesiastes 8:8, Ecclesiastes 9:5, Ecclesiastes 9:6, Romans 5:14 Reciprocal: Job 41:22 - is turned into joy Psalms 16:10 - my Psalms 23:4 - I will Proverbs 14:32 - the righteous Isaiah 51:13 - where is Matthew 16:18 - and the... read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 15:56

sting: Genesis 3:17-Psalms :, Psalms 90:3-1 Kings :, Proverbs 14:32, John 8:21, John 8:24, Romans 5:15, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:23, Hebrews 9:27 the strength: Romans 3:19, Romans 3:20, Romans 4:15, Romans 5:13, Romans 5:20, Romans 7:5-1 Chronicles :, Galatians 3:10-1 Chronicles : Reciprocal: Genesis 2:17 - surely Job 18:14 - the king Romans 7:7 - is the law Romans 7:8 - For without read more

Samuel Bagster

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge - 1 Corinthians 15:57

thanks: Acts 27:35, Romans 7:25, 2 Corinthians 1:11, 2 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Corinthians 9:15, Ephesians 5:20 giveth: 1 Corinthians 15:51, 2 Kings 5:1, *marg. 1 Chronicles 22:11, Psalms 98:1, Proverbs 21:31, *marg. John 16:33, Romans 8:37, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 5:5, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 15:2, Revelation 15:3 Reciprocal: Genesis 22:17 - thy seed Deuteronomy 7:24 - there shall 2 Chronicles 14:12 - General Psalms 37:3 - Trust read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:55

O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?O death, where is thy sting? — Which once was full of hellish poison. O hades, the receptacle of separate souls, where is thy victory - Thou art now robbed of all thy spoils; all thy captives are set at liberty. Hades literally means the invisible world, and relates to the soul; death, to the body. The Greek words are found in the Septuagint translation of Hosea 13:14. Isaiah 25:8 read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.The sting of death is sin — Without which it could have no power. But this sting none can resist by his own strength.And the strength of sin is the law — As is largely declared, Romans 7:7, etc. read more

John Wesley

Wesley's Explanatory Notes - 1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory — Over sin, death, and hades. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:55

55. In this verse, no doubt, Hosea 13:14 was running through St. Paul’s mind, but he does not seem so much to quote as to parallel the prophet. Modern editors, such as Stanley and Alford, find death not only in the first clause, but in the second, instead of hades, rendered, unfortunately, grave. They think that hades has been inserted to conform it to the Septuagint. Wordsworth retains hades, assuming that the copyists substituted death to avoid the pagan-like personification of ... read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:56

56. Sting of death is sin Before Adam’s sin the destroyer slew the lower orders of creation, but had no sting for man; man would attain the resurrection state without death or hades. Note, 1 Corinthians 15:51. Strength… the law The law over Adam, with its “Thou shalt not,” made the act (otherwise irresponsible like those of animals) to be sin, and worthy of death. Thence death, which in the lower orders is simply natural, in man is also judicial and penal. read more

Daniel Whedon

Whedon's Commentary on the Bible - 1 Corinthians 15:57

57. But There is one who has satisfied the law; has thence taken out the strength of sin; thence destroyed the sting of death; and so wrought the resurrection. This exposition shows that the reference to the law is logically in the straight line of Paul’s argument. It shows, we think, the infelicity of Stanley’s remark: “It seems as if he could not mention sin, without adding that the strength of sin is the law.” As if the apostle’s pen, like a garrulous man’s tongue, ran on its own... read more

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