The Sting Of Death Lyrics

I declare to you
Brothers and sisters
That flesh and blood cannot
Inherit the kingdom of God
Nor does the perishable
Inherit the imperishable

Listen, I tell you a mystery:
We will not all sleep
But we will all be changed
In a flash, in the twinkling of an eye
At the last trumpet
For the trumpet will sound
The dead will be raised imperishable
And we will be changed

For the perishable
Must clothe itself
With the imperishable
And the mortal with immortality

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."
"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"

The sting of death is sin
And the power of sin is the law

But thanks be to God!
He gives us the victory
Through our Lord Jesus Christ
Therefore, my dear
Brothers and sisters
Stand firm
Let nothing move you

Always give yourselves
Fully to the work
Of the Lord
Because you know
That your labor
In the Lord
Is not in vain

For the perishable
Must clothe itself
With the imperishable
And the mortal with immortality

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."
"Where, O death, is your victory?
Where, O death, is your sting?"