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1 Corinthians 15:56
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

56 The sting of death is sin,[a] and the power of sin is the law.(A)

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  1. 15:56 The sting of death is sin: an explanation of Hosea’s metaphor. Death, scorpion-like, is equipped with a sting, sin, by which it injects its poison. Christ defeats sin, the cause of death (Gn 3:19; Rom 5:12).
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