1 Corinthians 15:56

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

Cross References (15)

  • Romans 4:15 (16)

    because the law brings wrath. And where there is no law, there is no transgression.

  • Galatians 3:10–13 (12)

    All who rely on works of the law are under a curse. For it is written: “Cursed is everyone who does not continue to do e

  • Romans 7:5–13 (10)

    For when we lived according to the flesh, the sinful passions aroused by the law were at work in our bodies, bearing fru

  • Romans 6:23 (9)

    For the wages of sin is death, but the gift of God is eternal life in Christ Jesus our Lord.

  • John 8:24 (7)

    That is why I told you that you would die in your sins. For unless you believe that I am He, you will die in your sins.”

  • Romans 5:12–13 (6)

    Therefore, just as sin entered the world through one man, and death through sin, so also death was passed on to all men,

  • Romans 5:20 (5)

    The law came in so that the trespass would increase; but where sin increased, grace increased all the more,

  • John 8:21 (5)

    Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you c

  • Romans 3:19–20 (4)

    Now we know that whatever the law says, it says to those who are under the law, so that every mouth may be silenced and

  • Romans 5:17 (4)

    For if, by the trespass of the one man, death reigned through that one man, how much more will those who receive the abu

  • Psalms 90:3–11 (3)

    You return man to dust, saying, “Return, O sons of mortals.”

  • Proverbs 14:32 (3)

    The wicked man is thrown down by his own sin, but the righteous man has a refuge even in death.

  • Genesis 3:17–19 (3)

    And to Adam He said: “Because you have listened to the voice of your wife and have eaten from the tree of which I comman

  • Hebrews 9:27 (3)

    Just as man is appointed to die once, and after that to face judgment,

  • Romans 5:15 (3)

    But the gift is not like the trespass. For if the many died by the trespass of the one man, how much more did God’s grac