1 Corinthians 15:56
Now the sting of death is sin: and the power of sin is the law.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 victory? O death, where is thy sting?
57But thanks be to God, who hath given us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 90:3Turn not man away to be brought low: and thou hast said: Be converted, O ye sons of men.
John 8:21Again therefore Jesus said to them: I go, and you shall seek me, and you shall die in your sin. Whither I go, you cannot come.
Romans 3:19Now we know, that what things soever the law speaketh, it speaketh to them that are in the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may be made subject to God.
Romans 5:12Wherefore as by one man sin entered into this world, and by sin death; and so death passed upon all men, in whom all have sinned.
Romans 5:17For if by one man's offence death reigned through one; much more they who receive abundance of grace, and of the gift, and of justice, shall reign in life through one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death. But the grace of God, life everlasting, 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 →