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54 And when this decayable body puts-on undecayability, and this mortal body puts on immortality, then the saying having been written will come-about[a]: “Death was swallowed-up in victory” [Isa 25:8]. 55 “Death, where is your victory? Death, where is your stinger?” [Hos 13:14]. 56 Now the stinger[b] of death is sin, and the power of sin is the Law[c].

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Or, take-place, come-to-pass, happen.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:56 Death delivers its poison through sin. Sin is what brings separation from God in death. Apart from sin, death is powerless.
  3. 1 Corinthians 15:56 The Law establishes the line to cross, and the penalty for doing so.

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