54 When this corruptible body is clothed with incorruptibility, and this mortal body is clothed with immortality, then the saying that is written will take place:

Death has been swallowed up(A) in victory.[a](B)
55 Where, death, is your victory?
Where, death, is your sting?[b](C)

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

58 Therefore, my dear brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the Lord’s work,(G) because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:54 Is 25:8
  2. 15:55 Hs 13:14

54 Now, when what is decaying is clothed with what cannot decay, and what is dying is clothed with what cannot die, then the written word will be fulfilled: “Death has been swallowed up by victory!”[a]

55 “Where, O death, is your victory?
    Where, O death, is your sting?”[b]

56 Now death’s stinger is sin, and sin’s power is the Law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus the Messiah![c]

58 Therefore, my dear brothers, be steadfast, unmovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that the work that you do for the Lord isn’t wasted.

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