1 Corinthians 15:57

Contextual Overview

⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹Listen, I tell you a mystery: We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed- ⁵¹ I will explain a mystery to you. Not every one of us will die, but we will all be changed. ⁵¹ Look, I will tell you a secret — not all of us will die! But we will all be changed! ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We shall not all fall asleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹ But listen, I tell you this secret: We will not all die, but we will all be changed. ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery: We all shall not sleep, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹ See, I am giving you the revelation of a secret: we will not all come to the sleep of death, but we will all be changed. ⁵¹ Behold, I shewe you a secret thing, We shall not all sleepe, but we shall all be changed, ⁵¹ Behold, I tell you a mystery; We shall not all die, but we shall all be changed,

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thanks: Acts 27:35, Romans 7:25, 2 Corinthians 1:11, 2 Corinthians 2:14, 2 Corinthians 9:15, Ephesians 5:20

giveth: 1 Corinthians 15:51, 2 Kings 5:1, *marg. 1 Chronicles 22:11, Psalms 98:1, Proverbs 21:31, *marg. John 16:33, Romans 8:37, 1 John 5:4, 1 John 5:5, Revelation 12:11, Revelation 15:2, Revelation 15:3

Reciprocal: Genesis 22:17 - thy seed Deuteronomy 7:24 - there shall 2 Chronicles 14:12 - General Psalms 37:3 - Trust

Gill's Notes on the Bible

But thanks be to God which giveth us the victory,.... Over sin the sting of death, over the law the strength of sin, and over death and the grave; and which will be the ground and foundation of the above triumphant song in the resurrection morn, as it is now at this present time of praise and thankfulness to God: and it is all

through our Lord Jesus; he has got the victory over sin; he has put it away by the sacrifice of himself; he has finished and made an end of it; for though it reigns over his people before conversion, and dwells in them after it, yet in consequence of his atonement for it, it loses its governing power through the Spirit and grace of God in regeneration, and entirely its damning power over them, and in the resurrection morn will not be so much as in being in them; the view of which now fills them with joy, thanksgiving, and triumph. Christ has obtained a victory over the law; he has stopped its mouth, and answered all its demands; he has been made under, and subject to it; he has obeyed its precepts, and bore its penalty, and has delivered his from the curse and condemnation of it, so that they have nothing to fear from it; it is dead to them, and they to that: he has also abolished death by dying and rising again, so as that it shall have no more dominion over him; and he has abolished it as a penal evil to his saints; and though they die, they shall not always remain under the power of death, they shall live again, and with him for ever: he has conquered the grave by rising out of it himself, and living for evermore, having the keys of the grave in his hands; and will at the last day oblige it to give up its dead, when his victory over this, with respect to his people, will be abundantly manifest: now this victory, in all its branches, is given by God to believers; they are made to share in all the victories of Christ their head, and are more than conquerors through him; but this is not by merit, but by gift, the gift of God the Father, who gives his Son, and all things with him that are his; and this gift is a distinguishing one; it is given to us, and not to others; and which therefore calls aloud for praise and thankfulness. The title of the "ninth" psalm may be rendered, "to the conqueror over death", or "that is the author of victory over death, even to the Son, a psalm of David", Psalms 9:1.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

But thanks be to God; - See the notes at Romans 7:25.

Which giveth us the victory - Us who are Christians; all Christians. The victory over sin, death, and the grave. God alone is the author of this victory. He formed the plan; he executed it in the gift of his Son; and he gives it to us personally when we come to die.

Through our Lord Jesus Christ - By his death, thus destroying the power of death; by his resurrection and triumph over the grave; and by his grace imparted to us to enable us to sustain the pains of death, and giving to us the hope of a glorious resurrection; compare the note at Romans 7:25; Romans 8:37.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 57. But thanks be to God — What the law could not do, because it is law, (and law cannot provide pardon,) is done by the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ: he has died to slay death; he has risen again to bring mankind from under the empire of hades. All this he has done through his mere unmerited mercy; and eternal thanks are due to God for this unspeakable gift. He has given us the victory over sin, Satan, death, the grave, and hell.