1 Corinthians 15:56
The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
Bible in Basic English
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 your power? O death, where are your pains?
57But praise be to God who gives us strength to overcome through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 90:3You send man back to his dust; and say, Go back, you children of men.
John 8:21Then he said to them again, I am going away and you will be looking for me, but death will overtake you in your sins. It is not possible for you to come where I am going.
Romans 3:19Now, we have knowledge that what the law says is for those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be stopped, and all men may be judged by God:
Romans 5:12For this reason, as through one man sin came into the world, and death because of sin, and so death came to all men, because all have done evil:
Romans 5:17For, if by the wrongdoing of one, death was ruling through the one, much more will those to whom has come the wealth of grace and the giving of righteousness, be ruling in life through the one, even Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the reward of sin is death; but what God freely gives is eternal life in Jesus Christ 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 →