1 CORINTHIANS 15:54

KING JAMES VERSION (KJV)

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“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.”

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1 Corinthians 15:54 Translation & Meaning

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So δὲ But, and, etc So
when ὅταν Whenever (implying hypothesis or more or less uncertainty); also causatively (conjunctionally) inasmuch as when
this τοῦτο That thing this
corruptible φθαρτὸν Decayed, i.e., (by implication) perishable corruptible
shall have put on ἐνδύσηται To invest with clothing (literally or figuratively) put
incorruption, ἀφθαρσίαν Incorruptibility; genitive, unending existence; (figuratively) genuineness incorruption
and καὶ And, also, even, so then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words and
this τοῦτο That thing this
mortal θνητὸν Liable to die mortal
shall have put on ἐνδύσηται To invest with clothing (literally or figuratively) put
immortality, ἀθανασίαν Deathlessness immortality
then τότε The when, i.e., at the time that (of the past or future, also in consecution) then
shall be brought to pass γενήσεται To cause to be ("gen"-erate), i.e., (reflexively) to become (come into being), used with great latitude (literal, figurative, intensive, etc.) brought pass
the The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) the
saying λόγος Something said (including the thought); by implication, a topic (subject of discourse), also reasoning (the mental faculty) or motive; by extension, a computation; specially, (with the article in John) the Divine Expression (i.e., Christ) saying
that The (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom) that
is written, γεγραμμένος To "grave", especially to write; figuratively, to describe written
Death θάνατος (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively) Death
is swallowed up Κατεπόθη To drink down, i.e., gulp entire (literally or figuratively) swallowed up
in εἰς To or into (indicating the point reached or entered), of place, time, or (figuratively) purpose (result, etc.); also in adverbial phrases in
victory. νῖκος A conquest (concretely), i.e., (by implication) triumph victory

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  • 52  In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed.

  • 53  For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.

  • 54  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.

  • 55  O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

  • 56  The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.




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