{"id":2539,"date":"2013-09-22T05:00:39","date_gmt":"2013-09-22T11:00:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2539"},"modified":"2022-04-22T08:36:31","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T14:36:31","slug":"1-corinthians-1555-58","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/?p=2539","title":{"rendered":"1 Corinthians 15:55-58"},"content":{"rendered":"

55\u00a0<\/sup>\u201cO Death, where\u00a0is\u00a0your sting?\u00a0O Hades, where\u00a0is\u00a0your victory?\u201d<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

56\u00a0<\/sup>The sting of death\u00a0is\u00a0sin, and the strength of sin\u00a0is\u00a0the law.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

57\u00a0<\/sup>But thanks\u00a0be\u00a0to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

58\u00a0<\/sup>Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, knowing that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

Hades (v.55) \u2014 This quote is taken from Hosea 13:14 which refers to Sheol, the place where the spirits of the dead dwelt until Christ’s resurrection. For the believer today, absence from the body is presence with the Lord.<\/h3>\n

sin (v.56) \u2014 as a personified governing principle<\/h3>\n

Whereas sin gave death its power, and the Law gives sin its power, Christ is the end of the Law for the believer (Romans 10:4<\/span><\/a>) and through Christ sin and death have been overcome. Death has, while retaining its outward form, lost its sting and is powerless to injure. \u2014 Vine, page 117.<\/span><\/h3>\n

__________<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

If behind death we find sin, then behind sin we find the law. The law is “the strength of sin.” The law gives sin its penalty and its teeth. The law still exacts its sentence. You will be careful to notice that the law is not the strength of salvation. The law does not bring salvation. It is that which gives to sin its power to hurt. As long as sin is here, there will be death’s penalty. As long as there are those living under the law, there will be subjects for that penalty. IN grace there is a stingless death and a defeated grave. \u2014 Laurin, page 310.<\/span><\/h3>\n

gives (v.57) \u2014 present tense<\/h3>\n

be (v.58) = lit. “become” \u2014 in contrast to what they had been<\/h3>\n

knowing (v.58) = assured knowledge<\/h3>\n

labor (v.58) = toil resulting in weariness<\/h3>\n

vain (v.58) = empty<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

55\u00a0\u201cO Death, where\u00a0is\u00a0your sting?\u00a0O Hades, where\u00a0is\u00a0your victory?\u201d 56\u00a0The sting of death\u00a0is\u00a0sin, and the strength of sin\u00a0is\u00a0the law. 57\u00a0But thanks\u00a0be\u00a0to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58\u00a0Therefore, my beloved brethren, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in … Continue reading →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2539","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-1-corinthians"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2539"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6969,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2539\/revisions\/6969"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2539"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2539"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/versebyverse.carpelibra.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2539"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}