1 Corinthians 15:56
Now, the sting of death, is, sin, and, the power of sin, is, the law;—
The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?
57But, unto God, be thanks, who is giving unto us the victory, through our Lord Jesus Christ.
Cross References
Psalms 90:3Thou causest man to return unto dust, And hast said—Return, ye sons of Adam!
John 8:21He said unto them again, therefore—I, go, and ye shall seek me,—and yet, in your sin, shall ye die: Whither, I, go, ye, cannot come.
Romans 3:19Now we know that, whatsoever things the law saith, to them who are within the law, it speaketh, in order that, every mouth, may be stopped and all the world come, under penal sentence, unto God.
Romans 5:12For this cause,—just as, through one man, sin into the world entered, and through sin, death,—and, so, unto all men death passed through, for that all had sinned;—
Romans 5:17For, if, by the fault of the one, death reigned through the one, much more, they who the superabundance of the favour and of [the free-gift of] the righteousness do receive, in life, shall reign through the one, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For, the wages of sin, is death; but, God’s gift of favour, is life age-abiding, 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 →