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54 So de when hotan · ho this houtos perishable phthartos body puts on endyō imperishability aphtharsia, and kai · ho this houtos mortal thnētos body puts on endyō immortality athanasia, then tote the ho saying logos that ho is written graphō will be fulfilled ginomai: “ Death thanatos has been swallowed katapinō up · ho in eis victory nikos.” 55  Where pou, O death thanatos, is your sy · ho victory nikos? Where pou, O death thanatos, is your sy · ho sting kentron?” 56 The ho · de sting kentron of ho death thanatos is · ho sin hamartia, and de the ho power dynamis of ho sin hamartia is the ho law nomos. 57 But de thanks charis be to ho God theos, who ho gives didōmi us hēmeis the ho victory nikos through dia · ho our hēmeis Lord kyrios Jesus Iēsous Christ Christos!

58 So then hōste, my egō dear agapētos brothers adelphos, be ginomai steadfast hedraios, immovable ametakinētos, always pantote abounding perisseuō in en the ho work ergon of the ho Lord kyrios, since you know oida that hoti · ho your hymeis labor kopos is eimi not ou in vain kenos in en the Lord kyrios.

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54 And when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the Scripture will be fulfilled that says, “Death is swallowed up in victory (vanquished forever).(A) 55 O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?”(B) 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin [by which it brings death] is the law; 57 but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory [as conquerors] through our Lord Jesus Christ.

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord [always doing your best and doing more than is needed], being continually aware that your labor [even to the point of exhaustion] in the Lord is not futile nor wasted [it is never without purpose].

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