Matthew Poole and continuators on 1 Corinthians 15:56

56 The sting of death is sin , and the strength of sin is the Law .

If it were not for sin, death could have no power over man; Sin is that which giveth death a power to hurt the children of men; the wages of sin is death, Rom. 6.23.

And without the Law there could be no transgression. The Law is so far from taking away the guilt of sin, that through the corruption of our Natures, strongly inclining us to what is forbidden, it addeth strength to sin; Sin (as the Apostle saith, Rom. 7.8.) taking occasion by the commandment, and working in us all manner of concupiscence.

Marginal references: Rom. 5.13. & 7.5.13.