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56 The sting of death is sin,[a] and the power of sin is the law.(A) 57 But thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.(B)

58 Therefore, my beloved brothers, be firm, steadfast, always fully devoted to the work of the Lord, knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.

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Footnotes

  1. 15:56 The sting of death is sin: an explanation of Hosea’s metaphor. Death, scorpion-like, is equipped with a sting, sin, by which it injects its poison. Christ defeats sin, the cause of death (Gn 3:19; Rom 5:12).