1Co 15:56. Ἡ ἁμαρτία, sin) If there were no sin, there could be no death; comp. Hos 13:12. Against this prick no one could have kicked by his own strength; no one could have sung that song of triumph, where, etc. The particle but indicates this fact.-ὁ νόμος, the law) threatening death for sin; without the law sin is not perceived; under the law sin has dominion; Rom 6:14.