1 Corinthians 15:56
Now the sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55Where is thy sting, O death? And where is thy victory, O grave?
57But thanks be to God, that giveth us the victory, through our Lord Jesus the Messiah.
Cross References
John 8:21Again Jesus said to them: I go away, and ye will seek me, and will die in your sins. And whither I go, ye cannot come.
Romans 3:19Now we know, that whatever the law saith, it saith to them who are under the law; that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world be guilty before God.
Romans 5:12As by means of one man, sin entered into the world, and, by means of sin, death; and so death passed upon all the sons of men, inasmuch as they all have sinned:
Romans 5:17For if, on account of the offence of one, death reigned; still more, they who receive the abundance of the grace, and the free gift, and the righteousness, will reign in life, by means of one, Jesus Messiah.
Romans 6:23For the wages of sin is death; but the free gift of God is life eternal, through our Lord Jesus Messiah.
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 →