Parallel Verses
International Standard Version
Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law.
New American Standard Bible
The sting of
King James Version
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
Holman Bible
and the power of sin
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:
Amplified
The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] 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;
Themes
Change » The lord changing believers
Corruption » Who shall be delivered from corruption
Resurrection » God resurrecting the dead
Sin » Described as » The sting of death
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Word Count of 36 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:56
Images 1 Corinthians 15:56
Prayers for 1 Corinthians 15:56
Verse Info
Context Readings
Questions Concerning The Resurrection Body
55 "Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?" 56 Now death's stinger is sin, and sin's power is the Law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah!
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Cross References
Romans 4:15
for the Law produces wrath. Now where there is no Law, neither can there be any violation of it.
Proverbs 14:32
The wicked person is thrown down by his own wrongdoing, but the righteous person has a place of safety in death.
Genesis 3:17-19
He told the man, "Because you have listened to what your wife said, and have eaten from the tree about which I commanded you, "You must not eat from it,' cursed is the ground because of you. You'll eat from it through pain-filled labor for the rest of your life.
Psalm 90:3-11
You return people to dust merely by saying, "Return, you mortals!"
John 8:21
Later on, he told them again, "I'm going away, and you'll look for me, but you will die in your sin. You cannot come where I'm going."
John 8:24
That is why I told you that you will die in your sins, for unless you believe that I AM, you'll die in your sins."
Romans 3:19-20
Now we know that whatever the Law says applies to those who are under the Law, so that every mouth may be silenced and the whole world held accountable to God.
Romans 5:12-13
Just as sin entered the world through one man, and death resulted from sin, therefore everyone dies, because everyone has sinned.
Romans 5:15
But God's free gift is not like Adam's offense. For if many people died as the result of one man's offense, how much more have God's grace and the free gift given through the kindness of one man, Jesus the Messiah, been showered on many people!
Romans 5:17
For if, through one man, death ruled because of that man's offense, how much more will those who receive such overflowing grace and the gift of righteousness rule in life because of one man, Jesus the Messiah!
Romans 5:20
Now the Law crept in so that the offense would increase. But where sin increased, grace increased even more,
Romans 6:23
For the wages of sin is death, but the free gift of God is eternal life in union with the Messiah Jesus our Lord.
Romans 7:5-13
For while we were living according to our human nature, sinful passions were at work in our bodies by means of the Law, to bear fruit resulting in death.
Galatians 3:10-13
Certainly all who depend on the actions of the Law are under a curse. For it is written, "A curse on everyone who does not obey everything that is written in the Book of the Law!"
Hebrews 9:27
Indeed, just as people are destined to die once and after that to be judged,