^{55 Ref} "Death, where is your sting? Hades, where is your victory?"

^{56 Ref} The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.

^{57 Ref} But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

^{58 Ref} Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the Lord's work, because you know that your labor is not in vain in the Lord.