“ The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. ”
The sting of death - The sting which death bears; that with which he effects his purpose; that which is made use of to inflict death; or that which is the cause of death. There would be no death...
A new question is now introduced, What will happen to those who are alive when Christ returns? ( cf . 1 Thessalonians 4:13-17 ). The principle that flesh and blood cannot inherit the kingdom of God...
strength . power, as in verses: 1 Corinthians 15:24 ; 1 Corinthians 15:43 .
56. The sting of death is sin In other words, “Death has no dart with which to wound us except sin, since death proceeds from the anger of God. Now it is only with our sins that God is...
DISCOURSE: 1995 DEATH A CONQUERED ENEMY 1 Corinthians 15:51-58 . Behold, I shew you a mystery; We shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at th...
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. The sting of death is sin - The apostle explains himself particularly here: death could not have entered into the world if sin had n...
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. If there were no sin, there would be no death. Man's transgression of the law gives death its lawful power. Strength of sin is...
(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
The sting of death is sin. — Death is pictured as a monster, and it is armed with a sting. Its sting is sin. If there were no sin, death would not be capable of inflicting pain, and the strength of...
Victory over Sin and Death 1 Corinthians 15:42-58 Life on the other side will be as real and as earnest as here. We shall not dissolve into thin mist or flit as bodiless ghosts. We shall each b...
The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
. But the miraculous and instantaneous change from mortality to immortality, which he here asserts, and which is to be wrought without passing through death, this is a mystery nowhere else spoken of....
The sting of death is sin ,.... Death has a sting, and which was originally in it, and that is sin; sin is the cause of death, it is what has given rise and being to it; it entered into the world by...
The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. Ver. 56. The sting of death is sin ] Christ having unstinged death, and as it were disarmed it, we may safely now put it into ou...
The sting of death is sin Which arms it with its greatest terrors, and is attended with a foreboding of future misery, as the effect of the divine displeasure. And the strength of sin Which const...
This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 51 Behold, I show you a mystery; We shall not all slee...
The sting of death is sin; if it were not for sin, death could have no power over man; sin is that which giveth death a power to hurt the children of men: The wages of sin is death, Romans 6:23...
'The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.' He visualises death as like a vicious insect or scorpion with its poisonous sting. And what was death's sting? It was sin. Once man had...
CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:35 .— (1) Emphasis on “ the dead ,—the DEAD!—the DEAD!” (2) “ With what (kind of) body? ” See Homiletic Analysis. 1 Corinthians 15:36 .—Emphasis on “ thou ”...
sin ( See Scofield) - ( Romans 3:23 ).
1 Corinthians 15:55 , 1 Corinthians 15:56 . The Triumph over Death. I. The most remarkable feature of the triumph over death is the acknowledgment of death's victory and of the manner of it. T...
1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...
1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
For this corruptible must put on incorruption. The great change The apostle presents this-- I. As a contrast betwixt what man now is and what he will be. 1. Twice over the apostle affirms...
EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
The transformation of the last day and the victory over death:
Galatians 3:10-13 ; Genesis 3:17-19 ; Hebrews 9:27 ; John 8:21 ; John 8:24 ; Proverbs 14:32 ; Psalms 90:3-11 ; Romans 3:19 ; Romans 3:20 ; Romans 4:15 ; Romans 5:13 ; Romans 5:15 ; Roman...
How Are the Dead Raised Up? 1 Corinthians 15:29-58 INTRODUCTORY WORDS There are two rather startling questions asked and answered in the opening verses; that is, from 1 Corinthians 15:29-34...
The sting of death is sin — Without which it could have no power. But this sting none can resist by his own strength. And the strength of sin is the law — As is largely declared, Romans 7:7 , &...