1 Corinthians 15:54-55
“So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.”
King James Version · the opening — all 2 verses are below
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Paul quoting Isaiah 25:8 and Hosea 13:14 as finally fulfilled at the resurrection when death is defeated.
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15:54So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
15:55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
Fulfillment References
Isaiah 25:8 Hosea 13:14 Revelation 21:4
How Traditions Read This Prophecy
Apostolic (Oneness) PentecostalWhen the corruptible puts on incorruption, the word is fulfilled: 'Death is swallowed up in victory' (Isa. 25:8); 'O death, where is thy sting?' (Hos. 13:14). The victory over death is given 'through our Lord Jesus Christ' (v. 57) — God in flesh who died and rose, abolishing death for all who are His. The last enemy is destroyed in Him.
JewishIsaiah 25:8 ('he will swallow up death') is a cherished hope of the end of death; Paul reads it as fulfilled in the resurrection of Christ and believers.
CatholicThe final triumph over death at the resurrection of the body; the eschatological abolition of death (Rev. 21:4).
ProtestantThe resurrection's victory over death, fulfilling Isaiah 25:8 and Hosea 13:14, secured in Christ's own rising.
AcademicPaul weaves Isaiah 25:8 and Hosea 13:14 into a resurrection triumph-song; the citations shape early Christian hope of death's defeat.
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