Word Pictures in the New Testament - David Cox

Word Pictures in the NT [1 Corinthians: Chapter 15].
aorist passive indicative of \katapin•\, old verb to drink down,
swallow down. Perfective use of \kata-\ where we say "up,"
"swallow up." Timeless use of the aorist tense. Paul changes the
active voice \katepien\ in Isa 25:8 to the passive. Death is no
longer victory. Theodotion reads the Hebrew verb (_bulla_, for
_billa_,) as passive like Paul. It is the "final overthrow of the
king of Terrors" (Findlay) as shown in Heb 2:15.
15:55 {Victory} (\nikos\). Late form of \nik•\. {O death}
(\thanate\). Second instance. Here Paul changes Hades of the LXX
for Hebrew Sheol (Hos 13:14) to death. Paul never uses Hades.
{Thy sting} (\sou to kentron\). Old word from \kentre•\, to
prick, as in Ac 26:14. In Re 9:10 of the sting of locusts,
scorpions. The serpent death has lost his poison fangs.
15:56 {The power of sin} (\h• dunamis t•s hamartias\). See Ro
4:15; 5:20; 6:14; 7; Ga 2:16; 3:1-5:4 for Paul's ideas here
briefly expressed. In man's unrenewed state he cannot obey God's
holy law.
15:57 {But thanks be to God} (\t•i de the•i charis\). Exultant
triumph through Christ over sin and death as in Ro 7:25.
15:58 {Be ye steadfast, unmovable} (\hedraioi ginesthe,
ametakin•toi\). "Keep on becoming steadfast, unshaken." Let the
sceptics howl and rage. Paul has given rational grounds for faith
and hope in Christ the Risen Lord and Saviour. Note practical
turn to this great doctrinal argument. {Work} (\ergon\), {labour}
(\kopos\, toil). The best answer to doubt is work.
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Word Pictures in the New Testament
(1 Corinthians: Chapter 15)