Parallel Verses

Amplified

The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] is the law;

New American Standard Bible

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

King James Version

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

Holman Bible

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

International Standard Version

Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law.

A Conservative Version

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:

An Understandable Version

The [harmful] sting that causes [physical] death is sin [See Rom. 5:12]; and the power of sin [to do this] comes from the law. [See Rom. 8:2].

Anderson New Testament

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

Bible in Basic English

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

Common New Testament

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

Daniel Mace New Testament

the sting of death was sin; and the strength of sin was the law.

Darby Translation

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

Godbey New Testament

But the sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law.

John Wesley New Testament

But thanks be to God,

Julia Smith Translation

And the sting of death sin; and the power of sin the law.

King James 2000

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

Lexham Expanded Bible

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

Modern King James verseion

The sting of death is sin, and the strength of sin is the Law.

Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale

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

Montgomery New Testament

Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law.

NET Bible

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

New Heart English Bible

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

Noyes New Testament

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

Sawyer New Testament

And the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law;

The Emphasized Bible

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

Thomas Haweis New Testament

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

Twentieth Century New Testament

It is sin that gives death its sting, and it is the Law that gives sin its power.

Webster

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

Weymouth New Testament

Now sin is the sting of death, and sin derives its power from the Law;

Williams New Testament

Now sin gives death its sting, and the law gives sin its power.

World English Bible

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

Worrell New Testament

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

Worsley New Testament

the sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law:

Youngs Literal Translation

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

Interlinear

English(KJV)
Strong's
Root Form
Definition
Usage
The sting
κέντρον 
Kentron 
Usage: 3

of death
θάνατος 
Thanatos 
Usage: 100

is sin
ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
Usage: 143

and
δέ 
De 
but, and, now, then, also, yet, yea, so, moreover, nevertheless, for, even, , not tr
Usage: 2184

the strength
δύναμις 
Dunamis 
Usage: 95

of sin
ἁμαρτία 
Hamartia 
Usage: 143

Devotionals

Devotionals about 1 Corinthians 15:56

References

Easton

Fausets

Hastings

Images 1 Corinthians 15:56

Context Readings

Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body

55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?” 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.



Cross References

Romans 4:15

For the Law results in [God’s] wrath [against sin], but where there is no law, there is no violation [of it either].

Proverbs 14:32


The wicked is overthrown through his wrongdoing,
But the righteous has hope and confidence and a refuge [with God] even in death.

Genesis 3:17-19

Then to Adam the Lord God said, “Because you have listened [attentively] to the voice of your wife, and have eaten [fruit] from the tree about which I commanded you, saying, ‘You shall not eat of it’;

The ground is [now] under a curse because of you;
In sorrow and toil you shall eat [the fruit] of it
All the days of your life.

Psalm 90:3-11


You turn man back to dust,
And say, “Return [to the earth], O children of [mortal] men!”

John 8:21

Then He said again to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, and you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”

John 8:24

That is why I told you that you will die [unforgiven and condemned] in your sins; for if you do not believe that I am the One [I claim to be], you will die in your sins.”

Romans 3:19-20

Now we know that whatever the Law [of Moses] says, it speaks to those who are under the Law, so that [the excuses of] every mouth may be silenced [from protesting] and that all the world may be held accountable to God [and subject to His judgment].

Romans 5:12-13

Therefore, just as sin came into the world through one man, and death through sin, so death spread to all people [no one being able to stop it or escape its power], because they all sinned.

Romans 5:15

But the free gift [of God] is not like the trespass [because the gift of grace overwhelms the fall of man]. For if many died by one man’s trespass [Adam’s sin], much more [abundantly] did God’s grace and the gift [that comes] by the grace of the one Man, Jesus Christ, overflow to [benefit] the many.

Romans 5:17

For if by the trespass of the one (Adam), death reigned through the one (Adam), much more surely will those who receive the abundance of grace and the free gift of righteousness reign in [eternal] life through the One, Jesus Christ.

Romans 5:20

But the Law came to increase and expand [the awareness of] the trespass [by defining and unmasking sin]. But where sin increased, [God’s remarkable, gracious gift of] grace [His unmerited favor] has surpassed it and increased all the more,

Romans 6:23

For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God [that is, His remarkable, overwhelming gift of grace to believers] is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

Romans 7:5-13

When we were living in the flesh [trapped by sin], the sinful passions, which were awakened by [that which] the Law [identifies as sin], were at work in our body to bear fruit for death [since the willingness to sin led to death and separation from God].

Galatians 3:10-13

For all who depend on the Law [seeking justification and salvation by obedience to the Law and the observance of rituals] are under a curse; for it is written, “Cursed (condemned to destruction) is everyone who does not abide by all things written in the book of the law, so as to practice them.”

Hebrews 9:27

And just as it is appointed and destined for all men to die once and after this [comes certain] judgment,

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