1 Corinthians 15:55–57 — O Death, Where Is Thy Sting?
"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."
"O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting? Now sin is the sting of death, and sin exercises its power [upon the soul] through [the abuse of] the Law. But thanks be to God, Who gives us the victory [making us conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ."
Greek
Death carried a lethal barb — the Greek kentron — and that venom was sin backed by the law. At Calvary Jesus bore the penalty and extracted the sting. Death for the believer is a snake with no fangs.