1 Corinthians 15:55

James Moffatt - New Testament

O Death, where is your victory? O Death, where is your sting?

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Nevertheless, from Adam to Moses death reigned even over those whose sins were not like Adam's transgression. Adam prefigured Him who was to come,

because thou wilt not forsake my soul in the grave, nor let thy holy one suffer decay.

"Who are you?" he asked. "I am Jesus," he said, "and you persecute me.

And as he was being tortured in Hades he raised his eyes and saw Abraham far away with Lazarus in his bosom;

their tails and their stings were like scorpions', and their power of hurting men for five months lay in their tails;