1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
Henry Tompkins Anderson’s 1864 New Testament
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55O Death, where is thy sting? O Hades, where is thy victory?
57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
John 8:21Then spoke Jesus to them again; I go away, and you will seek me, and in your sin you shall die; whither I go, you can not come.
Romans 3:19Now we know that what the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world become guilty before God.
Romans 5:12For this reason, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by his sin, death; and so death passed through to all men, because all have sinned:
Romans 5:17For if, by one man’s offense, death has reigned through that one, much more shall those who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, reign in life through the one, who is Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:52-58
The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, 52 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. 53 For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. 54 So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the… Read the whole commentary →