Oh, Death, where is your victory?

 

"Death leaves a Heartache

No one can heal.

Love leaves a memory 

no one can steal."

--From an Irish Headstone

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1 Corinthians 15:55-58

...“Death is swallowed up in victory. 

O death, where is your victory? 

O death, where is your sting?”

The sting of death is sin,

 and the power of sin is the law; 

but thanks be to God,

 who gives us the victory

 through our Lord Jesus Christ.

Therefore, my beloved brethren, 

be steadfast, immovable, 

always abounding in the work of the Lord, 

knowing that your toil 

is not in vain in the Lord."

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