1 Corinthians 15:56
The stynge of deeth is synne: and the strength of synne is the lawe.
Tyndale New Testament
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55Deeth where is thy stynge? Hell where is thy victory?
57But thankes be vnto God which hath geven vs victory thorow oure Lorde Iesus Christ.
Cross References
John 8:21Then sayde the Iewes: will he kyll him selfe because he sayth: whyther I goo thyther can ye not come?
Romans 3:19Ye and we knowe that whatsoever the lawe sayth he sayth it to them which are vnder the lawe. That all mouthes maye be stopped and all the worlde be subdued to god because that by the dedes of the lawe shall no flesshe be iustified in the sight of God.
Romans 5:12Wherfore as by one man synne entred into the worlde and deeth by the meanes of synne. And so deeth went over all men in somoche that all men synned.
Romans 5:17For yf by the synne of one deeth raigned by the meanes of one moche more shall they which receave aboundance of grace and of the gyfte of rightewesnes raygne in lyfe by the meanes of one (that is to saye) Iesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the rewarde of synne is deeth: but eternall lyfe is the gyfte of God thorow Iesus Christ oure Lorde.
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 →