1 Corinthians 15:56
It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.
Twentieth Century New Testament
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory, through Jesus Christ, our Lord.
Cross References
John 8:21Jesus again spoke to the people. “I am going away,” he said, “and you will look for me, but you will die in your sin; you cannot come where I am going.”
Romans 3:19Now we know that everything said in the Law is addressed to those who are under its authority, in order that every mouth may be closed, and the whole world become liable to the judgment of God.
Romans 5:12Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and through sin came death; so, also, death spread to all mankind, because all men had sinned.
Romans 5:17For if, by reason of the offence of the one man, Death reigned through that one man, far more will those, upon whom God’s loving-kindness and his gift of righteousness are lavished, find Life, and reign through the one man, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23The wages of Sin are Death, but the gift of God is Immortal Life, through union with 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 →