1 Corinthians 15:56 “The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.”

1 Corinthians 15:56

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.

World English Bible

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

American Standard Version

The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

Geneva Bible 1599

The sting of death is sinne: and ye strength of sinne is the Lawe.

Darby Translation

Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the law;

Young's Literal Translation

and the sting of the death [is] the sin, and the power of the sin the law;

Bible in Basic English

The pain of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:

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Cross references

“sting”

Romans 6:23 John 8:24 John 8:21 Romans 5:15 Romans 5:17 Hebrews 9:27

Romans 6:23 · BSB

For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

John 8:24 · BSB

That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

John 8:21 · BSB

Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

Romans 5:15 · BSB

But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grace and the gift that came by the grace of the one man, Jesus Christ, abound to the many!

Romans 5:17 · BSB

For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abundance of grace and of the gift of righteousness reign in life through the one man, Jesus Christ!

Hebrews 9:27 · BSB

Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

“the strength”

Romans 4:15 Galatians 3:10–13 Romans 7:5–13 Romans 5:20 Romans 3:19 Romans 3:20

Romans 4:15 · BSB

because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

Galatians 3:10–13 · BSB

All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do everything written in the Book of the Law.”

Romans 7:5–13 · BSB

For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fruit for death.

Romans 5:20 · BSB

The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

Romans 3:19 · BSB

Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.

Romans 3:20 · BSB

Therefore no one will be justified in His sight by works of the law. For the law merely brings awareness of sin.

Also

Romans 5:12–13

Romans 5:12–13 · BSB

Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men, because all sinned.

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

55“Where, O Death, is your victory? Where, O Death, is your sting?”

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!

Read 1 Corinthians 15