KJV: The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
YLT: and the sting of the death is the sin, and the power of the sin the law;
Darby: Now the sting of death is sin, and the power of sin the law;
ASV: The sting of death is sin; and the power of sin is the law:
Τὸ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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κέντρον | the sting |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: κέντρον Sense: a sting, as that of bees, scorpions, locusts. |
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τοῦ | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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θανάτου | of death [is] |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Masculine Singular Root: θάνατος Sense: the death of the body. |
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ἡ | - |
Parse: Article, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἁμαρτία | sin |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: ἁμαρτία Sense: equivalent to 264. |
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δύναμις | the power |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: δύναμις Sense: strength power, ability. |
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τῆς | - |
Parse: Article, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ὁ Sense: this, that, these, etc. |
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ἁμαρτίας | of sin |
Parse: Noun, Genitive Feminine Singular Root: ἁμαρτία Sense: equivalent to 264. |
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νόμος | law |
Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: νόμος Sense: anything established, anything received by usage, a custom, a law, a command. |
Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 15:56
See Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20; Romans 6:14; Chapter 7; Galatians 2:16; 3:1-5:4 for Paul‘s ideas here briefly expressed. In man‘s unrenewed state he cannot obey God‘s holy law. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 15:56
“Out of works of law.” Mosaic law and any law as the source of being set right with God. Paul quotes Psalm 43:2 as he did in Galatians 2:16 to prove his point. The knowledge of sin (epignōsis hamartias). The effect of law universally is rebellion to it (1 Corinthians 15:56). Paul has shown this carefully in Galatians 3:19-22. Cf. Hebrews 10:3. He has now proven the guilt of both Gentile and Jew. [source]
The effect of law universally is rebellion to it (1 Corinthians 15:56). Paul has shown this carefully in Galatians 3:19-22. Cf. Hebrews 10:3. He has now proven the guilt of both Gentile and Jew. [source]
See on Romans 5:12, Romans 5:13; see on Romans 7:9; see on Romans 8:2. Compare 1 Corinthians 15:56. “The living testimony borne to his authority in the Corinthian Church suggests strongly the contrast of the dreary, death-like atmosphere which surrounded the old, graven characters on which his opponents rested their claims” (Stanley). [source]
Subjective genitive, marked by death in its outcome (cf. 1 Corinthians 15:56; Galatians 3:10). The letter kills. [source]
Const. with were kept in ward, not with shut up. We were shut up with the law as a warder, not for protection, but to guard against escape. Comp. Wisd. 17:15. The figure of the law as pedagogue (Galatians 3:24) is not anticipated. The law is conceived, not as the prison, but as the warder, the Lord or despot, the power of sin (see 1 Corinthians 15:56; Romans 7), by whom those who belong to sin are kept under lock and key - under moral captivity, without possibility of liberation except through faith. [source]
He has just said which was against us ( το καθ ' ἡμῶν ); which stood to our debit, binding us legally. This phrase enlarges on that idea, emphasizing the hostile character of the bond, as a hindrance. Compare Romans 4:15; Romans 5:20; 1 Corinthians 15:56; Galatians 3:23. “Law is against us, because it comes like a taskmaster, bidding us do, but neither putting the inclination into our hearts nor the power into our hands. And law is against us, because the revelation of unfulfilled duty is the accusation of the defaulter, and a revelation to him of his guilt. And law is against us, because it comes with threatenings and foretastes of penalty and pain. Thus, as standard, accuser, and avenger it is against us” (Maclaren). [source]