55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[a](A)

56 The sting of death is sin,(B) and the power of sin is the law.(C)

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14

But God demonstrates his own love for us in this: While we were still sinners, Christ died for us.(A)

Since we have now been justified(B) by his blood,(C) how much more shall we be saved from God’s wrath(D) through him!

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Praise to God for a Living Hope

Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ!(A) In his great mercy(B) he has given us new birth(C) into a living hope(D) through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,(E) and into an inheritance(F) that can never perish, spoil or fade.(G) This inheritance is kept in heaven for you,(H) who through faith are shielded by God’s power(I) until the coming of the salvation(J) that is ready to be revealed(K) in the last time.

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18 For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed(A) from the empty way of life(B) handed down to you from your ancestors, 19 but with the precious blood(C) of Christ, a lamb(D) without blemish or defect.(E)

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The Lord is a warrior;(A)
    the Lord is his name.(B)
Pharaoh’s chariots and his army(C)
    he has hurled into the sea.
The best of Pharaoh’s officers
    are drowned in the Red Sea.[a]
The deep waters(D) have covered them;
    they sank to the depths like a stone.(E)
Your right hand,(F) Lord,
    was majestic in power.
Your right hand,(G) Lord,
    shattered(H) the enemy.

“In the greatness of your majesty(I)
    you threw down those who opposed you.
You unleashed your burning anger;(J)
    it consumed(K) them like stubble.
By the blast of your nostrils(L)
    the waters piled up.(M)
The surging waters stood up like a wall;(N)
    the deep waters congealed in the heart of the sea.(O)
The enemy boasted,
    ‘I will pursue,(P) I will overtake them.
I will divide the spoils;(Q)
    I will gorge myself on them.
I will draw my sword
    and my hand will destroy them.’
10 But you blew with your breath,(R)
    and the sea covered them.
They sank like lead
    in the mighty waters.(S)

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Footnotes

  1. Exodus 15:4 Or the Sea of Reeds; also in verse 22

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