1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55Where, O death, is thy sting? Where, O death, is thy victory?
57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
John 8:21Again therefore he said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and shall die in your sin. Whither I go, ye can not come.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may become guilty before God.
Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all sinned;
Romans 5:17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; much more they who receive the abundance of the grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.)
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God 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 →