1 Corinthians 15:56

Sin The law Death and loss

⁵⁴ When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come to pass: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”

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

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

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

⁵⁸ Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.

Compare

BSB: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
KJV: The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
WEB: The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.
ASV: The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
DARBY: Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin the law;
BLB: Now the sting of death [is] sin, and the power of sin [is] the law.

ÅB: Men dødens brodd er synden, og syndens kraft er loven;
OTB: For dødens brodd er synd, og syndens kraft er loven;
B1930: Men dødens brodd er synden, og syndens kraft er loven;

Study notes (Tyndale)

Original text and word study

Cross references

Romans 4:15
because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.
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Galatians 3:10–13
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.”
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Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.
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Romans 7:5–13
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.
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John 8:24
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.”
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Romans 5:12–13
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.
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John 8:21
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.”
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Romans 5:20
The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,
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