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1 Corinthians · Chapter 15

1 Corinthians 15:56

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

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Before · 1 Corinthians 15:54–55

54But when this perishable body will have become imperishable, and this mortal will have put on immortality, then what is written will happen: “Death is swallowed up in victory.” 55“Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?”

56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

After · 1 Corinthians 15:57–58

57But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. 58Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord’s work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.

Read all of 1 Corinthians 15 (58 verses)

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