1 Corinthians 15:56
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 grave, where is thy victory?
57But thanks be to God, who giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
John 8:21Then spake Jesus again to them, I am going away, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sin: whither I am going ye cannot come.
Romans 3:19Now we know that whatsoever things the law saith, it speaks to those who are under the law: that every mouth might be sealed up, and all the world become criminal before God.
Romans 5:12Therefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and by sin death; even so death passed into all men through him, in whom all have sinned.
Romans 5:17For if by the offence of one, death reigned by that one; much more they who receive the abundance of grace, and of the gift of righteousness, shall reign in life by one, Christ Jesus.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the gift of God is life eternal 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 →