1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sinne: and ye strength of sinne is the Lawe.
Geneva Bible 1599
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 sting? O graue where is thy victorie?
57But thankes be vnto God, which hath giuen vs victorie through our Lord Iesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man to destruction: againe thou sayest, Returne, ye sonnes of Adam.
John 8:21Then saide Iesus againe vnto them, I goe my way, and ye shall seeke me, and shall die in your sinnes, Whither I goe, can ye not come.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoeuer ye Lawe saieth, it saieth it to them which are vnder ye Law, that euery mouth may bee stopped, and all the world be subiect to the iudgement of God.
Romans 5:12Wherefore, as by one man sinne entred into ye world, and death by sinne, and so death went ouer all men: in who all men haue sinned.
Romans 5:17For if by the offence of one, death reigned through one, much more shall they which receiue that abundance of grace, and of that gift of that righteousnesse, reigne in life through one, that is, Iesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sinne is death: but the gift of God is eternall life, through Iesus 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 →