1 Corinthians 15:56

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O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?	The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.	But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Verse Text

KJV with Strong's Numbers

^G1161 The sting^G2759 of death^G2288 is sin^G266; and^G1161 the strength^G1411 of sin^G266 is the law^G3551.

Original Greek

τὸ δὲ κέντρον τοῦ θανάτου ἡ ἁμαρτία· ἡ δὲ δύναμις τῆς ἁμαρτίας ὁ νόμος·

Greek	Transliteration	Strong's	Morphology	Gloss
τὸ	to	G3588	T-NSN	The
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ
κέντρον	kentron	G2759	N-NSN	sting
τοῦ	tou	G3588	T-GSM	*
θανάτου	thanatou	G2288	N-GSM	of death
ἡ	hē	G3588	T-NSF	*
ἁμαρτία·	hamartia	G266	N-NSF	sin
ἡ	hē	G3588	T-NSF	the
δὲ	de	G1161	CONJ	and
δύναμις	dunamis	G1411	N-NSF	strength
τῆς	tēs	G3588	T-GSF	*
ἁμαρτίας	hamartias	G266	N-GSF	of sin
ὁ	ho	G3588	T-NSM	the
νόμος·	nomos	G3551	N-NSM	law

Strong's References

G266 — ἁμαρτία (hamartía, ham-ar-tee'-ah): from ἁμαρτάνω (hamartánō) G264; a sin (properly abstract); offence, sin(-ful)
G1161 — δέ (dé, deh): a primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.; also, and, but, moreover, now (often unexpressed in English)
G1411 — δύναμις (dýnamis, doo'-nam-is): from δύναμαι (dýnamai) G1410; force (literally or figuratively); specially, miraculous power (usually by implication, a miracle itself); ability, abundance, meaning, might(-ily, -y, -y deed), (worker of) miracle(-s), power, strength, violence, mighty (wonderful) work
G2288 — θάνατος (thánatos, than'-at-os): from θνήσκω (thnḗskō) G2348; (properly, an adjective used as a noun) death (literally or figuratively); X deadly, (be…) death
G2759 — κέντρον (kéntron, ken'-tron): from κεντέω (kentéō) (to prick); a point ("centre"), i.e. a sting (figuratively, poison) or goad (figuratively, divine impulse); prick, sting
G3551 — νόμος (nómos, nom'-os): from a primary νέμω (némō) (to parcel out, especially food or grazing to animals); law (through the idea of prescriptive usage), genitive case (regulation), specially, (of Moses (including the volume); also of the Gospel), or figuratively (a principle); law

The following Strong's numbers are referenced in the Greek (Textus Receptus, Scrivener 1894) text but were not explicitly tagged in the KJV source:

G3588 — ὁ (ho, ho): the definite article; the (sometimes to be supplied, at others omitted, in English idiom); the, this, that, one, he, she, it, etc

Cross References

Verse Cross-References

sting — Genesis 3:17-19, Psalms 90:3-11, Proverbs 14:32, John 8:21, John 8:24, Romans 5:15, Romans 5:17, Romans 6:23, Hebrews 9:27
the strength — Romans 3:19-20, Romans 4:15, Romans 5:13, Romans 5:20, Romans 7:5-13, Galatians 3:10-13

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