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54 Now when this perishable puts on the imperishable, and this mortal puts on immortality, then the saying that is written will happen,

Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[a]
55 Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?[b]

56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

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  1. 1 Corinthians 15:54 sn A quotation from Isa 25:8.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:55 sn A quotation from Hos 13:14.

54 When the perishable has been clothed with the imperishable, and the mortal with immortality, then the saying that is written will come true: “Death has been swallowed up in victory.”[a](A)

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

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

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:54 Isaiah 25:8
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:55 Hosea 13:14