1 Corinthians 15:56 · KJV
“The sting of death {is} sin; and the strength of sin {is} the law.”
— 1 Corinthians 15:56
O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}
But thanks {be} to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15 — Context
So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.
55O death, where {is} thy sting? O grave, where {is} thy victory? {grave: or, hell}
56The sting of death {is} sin; and the strength of sin {is} the law.
57But thanks {be} to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.
Cross References
Romans 4:15
Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, {there is} no transgression.
Galatians 3:10-13
For as many as are of the works of the law are under the curse: for it is written, Cursed {is} every one that continueth not in all things which are written in the book of the law to do them.
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin {is} death; but the gift of God {is} eternal life through Jesus Christ our Lord.
Romans 7:5-13
For when we were in the flesh, the motions of sins, which were by the law, did work in our members to bring forth fruit unto death. {motions: Gr. passions}
John 8:24
I said therefore unto you, that ye shall die in your sins: for if ye believe not that I am {he}, ye shall die in your sins.
Romans 5:12-13
Wherefore, as by one man sin entered into the world, and death by sin; and so death passed upon all men, for that all have sinned: {for that: or, in whom}
John 8:21
Then said Jesus again unto them, I go my way, and ye shall seek me, and shall die in your sins: whither I go, ye cannot come.
Romans 5:20
Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound: