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1 Corinthians 15:56

SinThe lawDeath and loss

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 saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory.

55 O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?

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

57 But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, 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.

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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;

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Cross references

  • Romans 4:15

    Because the law worketh wrath: for where no law is, there is no transgression.

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  • 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.

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  • Romans 6:23

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

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  • 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.

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  • 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.

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  • 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:

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  • 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.

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  • Romans 5:20

    Moreover the law entered, that the offence might abound. But where sin abounded, grace did much more abound:

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