1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
World English Bible British with Deuterocanon
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”
57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 90:3You turn man to destruction, saying, “Return, you children of men.”
John 8:21Jesus said therefore again to them, “I am going away, and you will seek me, and you will die in your sins. Where I go, you can’t come.”
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatever things the law says, it speaks to those who are under the law, that every mouth may be closed, and all the world may be brought under the judgement of God.
Romans 5:12Therefore, as sin entered into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death passed to all men because all sinned.
Romans 5:17For if by the trespass of the one, death reigned through the one; so much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death, but the free 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 →