1 Corinthians 15:56
Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;
Weymouth NT (1912)
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55"Where, O death, is thy victory? Where, O death, is thy sting?"
57but God be thanked who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
Cross References
John 8:21Again He said to them, "I am going away. Then you will try to find me, but you will die in your sins. Where I am going, it is impossible for you to come."
Romans 3:19But it cannot be denied that all that the Law says is addressed to those who are living under the Law, in order that every mouth may be stopped, and that the whole world may await sentence from God.
Romans 5:12What follows? This comparison. Through one man sin entered into the world, and through sin death, and so death passed to all mankind in turn, in that all sinned.
Romans 5:17For if, through the transgression of the one individual, Death made use of the one individual to seize the sovereignty, all the more shall those who receive God's overflowing grace and gift of righteousness reign as kings in Life through the one individual, Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23For the wages paid by Sin are death; but God's free gift is the Life of the Ages bestowed upon us 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 →