Where is thy sting o death

Since The Lord is raised, then all who are his will be raised. It is just that simple. My assurance comes from what the Lord has done and not some accomplishment of mine. The guarantee that God is satisfied is that Christ has been raised from the dead.

A few weeks ago, I was trying to keep a wasp from entering our vehicle and I tried to brush away the unwelcome guest.

As I swatted at it, the little rascal stung me — and this reminds me of the sting of death. It hurts, but Christ has overcome death and given the believer great confidence that the sting of death has been removed. The believer is no longer separated from God because of their sin. Christ has died for our sins according to the scriptures.

He was buried and he rose again on the third day, according to the scriptures. Where O death is your sting? O grave, where is thy victory? O Hades, where is your victory? Where, death, is your sting? Holman Christian Standard Bible Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your sting? American Standard Version O death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting? Aramaic Bible in Plain English Where is your sting, oh death? Where is your victory, oh, Sheol? Contemporary English Version Where is its victory?

Where is its sting? English Revised Version O death, where is thy victory? Good News Translation "Where, Death, is your victory? After death is abolished, those Christians that were living, and those Christians who were raised from the dead, will be immortal and never die.

Noting that Paul echoes Hosea in these poetic verses, some commentators think that he was paraphrasing those verses, whereas other commentators think Paul was merely familiar with Scripture and so his language shows resemblance to Hosea without intentionally paraphrasing it. This is the cry of triumph over death that Paul thinks Christians will make when the time comes that death can no longer steal their mothers, fathers, sisters, brothers, daughters, and sons.

Death has the power to put Christians in the grave, where they are imprisoned. When death is abolished, Christians in the graves will rise from the dead, out of their graves and be set free for eternity.