⁵⁶ The sting of death is sin, and ^(A)the power of sin is the law. ⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, ^(B)who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

²⁵ Jesus said to her, ^(A)“I am the resurrection and ^(B)the life.^[a] Whoever believes in me, ^(C)though he die, ^(D)yet shall he live, ²⁶ and everyone who lives and believes in me ^(E)shall never die. Do you believe this?”