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1 Corinthians 15:54-58<\/h2>\n\n\n\n

When the perishable puts on the imperishable,
and the mortal puts on immortality,
then shall come to pass the saying that is written:
\u201cDeath is swallowed up in victory.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cO death, where is thy victory? O death, where is thy sting?\u201d
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.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Therefore, my beloved, be steadfast, immovable
always abounding in the work of the Lord,
knowing that in the Lord your labor is not in vain.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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O death, where is thy sting?\u201dThe sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law.But thanks […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[10,44,15,20],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-9440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pope-benedict-xvi","category-saints-and-blesseds","category-spiritual-practices","category-spiritual-reflections"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p7bfMR-2sg","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":6217,"url":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-reflections\/o-death-where-is-your-sting\/","url_meta":{"origin":9440,"position":0},"title":"O Death, Where is thy sting ?","author":"monks4christ","date":"April 9, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"1 Corinthians 15:54-58 When the perishable puts on the imperishable,and the mortal puts on immortality,then shall come to pass the saying that is written:\u201cDeath is swallowed up in victory.\u201d \u201cO death, where is thy victory? 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