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Sin: The Venom in Death's Sting
Commentators explain that Paul personifies death as a creature whose venomous sting is sin. It is sin that makes death a terrifying and spiritually fatal event. Without sin, death would have no power to inflict pain, fear, or separation from God. As Albert Barnes notes, the horror of death is proof that we feel our guilt before a holy God.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 15:56
18th Century
Theologian
The sting of death. The sting which death bears; that with which he effects his purpose; that which is used to inflict death; or that whic…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 15:56
The power of sin (η δυναμις της αμαρτιας). See Ro 4:15; 5:20; 6:14; 7; Galatians 2:16; 3:1-5:4 for Paul's ideas here br…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 15:56
19th Century
Bishop
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…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 15:51–58
19th Century
Preacher
But we shall all be changed, in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be rai…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 15:56
Paul now comes to the conclusion of his argument for the resurrection. God’s people must have more than the natural body to inherit the eternal kin…
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 15:56
16th Century
Theologian
The sting of death is sin. In other words, “Death has no dart with which to wound us except sin, since death proceeds fr…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 15:56
17th Century
Pastor
The sting of death is sin
Death has a sting, which was originally in it, and that is sin. Sin is the cause of deat…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 15:51–58
17th Century
Minister
Not all saints will die, but all will be changed. In the gospel, many truths, previously hidden in mystery, are made known. Death will never appear…