The Epiousios — ἐπιούσιος, the “daily” of “give us this day our daily bread”. It stands in and , and nowhere else in Scripture.
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καταπίνω (katapinō) — Verb
To swallow down, consume completely, devour, or obliterate so that no trace remains.
More on καταπίνω · G2666 →The Swallowed DeathOld Testament
“He will swallow up death in victory; and the Lord GOD will wipe away tears from off all faces; and the rebuke of his people shall he take away from off all the earth: for the LORD hath spoken it.”
(KJV)
Paul is quoting Isaiah, who saw death consumed rather than merely defeated.
The Mortality Swallowed UpNew Testament
“For we that are in this tabernacle do groan, being burdened: not for that we would be unclothed, but clothed upon, that mortality might be swallowed up of life.”
(KJV)
Paul does not long to escape the body but to have it clothed upon — the swallowing is an act of life, not subtraction.
Do not grieve as those who have no hope today. Look past the grave to the resurrection morning when death will be swallowed up in total victory.
Passage:
Focus: Dwell on the taunt in verse 55: "O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?" Christ stripped the grave of its power.
Ask yourself: Whom have you lost? Say their name to God today, and say out loud what you expect for them.
God of my salvation, I am more afraid of dying than I admit aloud, and death is swallowed up in victory with the grave stripped of its sting. Let Your Holy Spirit make that triumph govern how I face my fears today. I ask it in the name of the Lord Jesus, who gives me the victory. Amen.