World English Bible
1 Corinthians 15:56
“The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.”
Verse in context — 1 Corinthians 15
54
But when this corruptible will have put on incorruption, 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?
56
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, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.
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