1 Corinthians 15:54

“And when this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the word that is written will come about: Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

1 Corinthians 15:54 · direct translation from the Greek
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Quotation · Isaiah 25:8

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Paul quotes the first sentence of Isaiah 25:8. Where the Hebrew says “he will destroy death forever,” Paul says “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

Formula: γεγραμμένος “written” (1 Corinthians 15:54)

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Greek of the New Testament: ὅταν δὲ τὸ φθαρτὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὸ θνητὸν τοῦτο ἐνδύσηται ἀθανασίαν τότε γενήσεται ὁ λόγος ὁ γεγραμμένος Κατεπόθη ὁ θάνατος εἰς νῖκος

Hebrew (Masoretic text): בִּלַּע הַמָּוֶת לָנֶצַח וּמָחָה אֲדֹנָי יְהוִה דִּמְעָה מֵעַל כָּל פָּנִים וְחֶרְפַּת עַמּוֹ יָסִיר מֵעַל כָּל הָאָרֶץ כִּי יְהוָה דִּבֵּר

Septuagint (Isaiah 25:8 in the Septuagint numbering): κατέπιεν ὅ θάνατος ἰσχύσας, καὶ πάλιν ἀφεῖλεν ὃ θεὸς πᾶν δάκρυον ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου· τὸ ὄνειδος τοῦ λαοῦ ἀφεῖλεν ἀπὸ πάσης τῆς γῆς, τὸ γὰρ στόμα Κυρίου ἐλάλησεν.

In the Septuagint verse that most resembles it, at most 2 consecutive words match the Greek of the NT. The transcription has reading errors, so a match may not show.

Septuagint, Swete’s text, First1KGreek transcription (with reading errors), CC BY-SA 4.0

1 Corinthians 15:54, word by word

whenὅτανhotan

when, whenever

When, whenever.

Where else “hotan” appears
perishable bodyφθαρτὸνphtharton

perishable

Perishable, corruptible: what decays and dies.

Where else “phtharton” appears
puts onἐνδύσηταιendysētai

be clothed with

To be clothed with something: with Christ, with power.

Where else “endysētai” appears
imperishabilityἀφθαρσίανaphtharsian

incorruption, immortality

Incorruption: what neither decays nor dies, immortality.

Where else “aphtharsian” appears
mortal bodyθνητὸνthnēton

mortal

Mortal: subject to death.

Where else “thnēton” appears
immortalityἀθανασίανathanasian

immortality

Immortality: not being subject to death.

Where else “athanasian” appears
thenτότεtote

then

Then, at that time.

Where else “tote” appears
the wordλόγοςlogos

message

What God says, proclaimed to people.

Where else “logos” appears
is writtenγεγραμμένοςgegrammenos

it is written

So the Bible says; a passage is quoted.

Where else “gegrammenos” appears
will come aboutγενήσεταιgenēsetai

happen

For an event to occur, for something to take place in history.

Where else “genēsetai” appears
Deathθάνατοςthanatos

death

The end of the body's life.

Where else “thanatos” appears
has been swallowed upΚατεπόθηKatepothē

swallow, devour

Swallow, gulp down, devour; swallow up.

Where else “Katepothē” appears
victoryνῖκοςnikos

victory

Victory.

Where else “nikos” appears

Translation note

Isaiah 25:8; the wording is not that of the Septuagint, which reads “death, prevailing, swallowed up.”

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Quotation · Isaiah 25:8

Paul quotes the first sentence of Isaiah 25:8. Where the Hebrew says “he will destroy death forever,” Paul says “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

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1 Corinthians 15:54

54And when this perishable body puts on imperishability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the word that is written will come about: Death has been swallowed up in victory.

Isaiah 25:8

8He will swallow up death forever, and Adonai YHWH will wipe away the tears from all faces, and the reproach of his people he will remove from all the earth, for YHWH has spoken.

The context

53For this perishable body must put on imperishability, and this mortal body must put on immortality.

54 · This verse (above)

55Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?

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