1 Corinthians 15:56
and the sting of the death [is] the sin, and the power of the sin the law;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
In Context
55where, O Death, thy sting? where, O Hades, thy victory?'
57and to God — thanks, to Him who is giving us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ;
Cross References
Psalms 90:3Thou turnest man unto a bruised thing, And sayest, Turn back, ye sons of men.
John 8:21therefore said Jesus again to them, 'I go away, and ye will seek me, and in your sin ye shall die; whither I go away, ye are not able to come.'
Romans 3:19And we have known that as many things as the law saith, to those in the law it doth speak, that every mouth may be stopped, and all the world may come under judgment to God;
Romans 5:12because of this, even as through one man the sin did enter into the world, and through the sin the death; and thus to all men the death did pass through, for that all did sin;
Romans 5:17for if by the offence of the one the death did reign through the one, much more those, who the abundance of the grace and of the free gift of the righteousness are receiving, in life shall reign through the one — Jesus Christ.
Romans 6:23for the wages of the sin [is] death, and the gift of God [is] life age-during 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 →