⁵⁵^sO death, where is thy sting? O ^||^tgrave, where is thy victory? ⁵⁶The sting of death is sin; and ^uthe strength of sin is the law. ⁵⁷But ^vthanks be to God, ^wwhich giveth us ^xthe victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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1 Corinthians 15:55–57: “O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Footnotes

sCited generally from Hos. 13:14.
||Or, hell. Matt. 11:23. & 16:18. Luke 10:15. & 16:23. Acts 2:31. Rev. 1:18. & 6:8. & 20:13, 14. See Ps. 16:10.
t Ecclus. 9:12. Song 66 marg. 2 Macc. 6:23.
uSee Rom. 4:15.
wSo 2 Macc. 10:38.
x 1 John 5:4, 5. See Rom. 8:37.

Cross references

v Rom. 7:25.

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ESVEnglish Standard Version

“O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?”

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

“Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?”

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

Where, death, is your victory?

Where, death, is your sting?

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

NLTNew Living Translation

O death, where is your victory?

O death, where is your sting?”

For sin is the sting that results in death, and the law gives sin its power. But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Where, O death, is your victory?

Where, O death, is your sting?

Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!