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1 Corinthians 15:57

But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
1 Corinthians 15:57 · New King James Version
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  • WEB But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • KJV But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • BSB But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ!
  • NASB but thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
  • NLT But thank God! He gives us victory over sin and death through our Lord Jesus Christ.

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Quick answer

Thanks be to God, who gives us victory through our Lord Jesus Christ. It matters because the conquest of sin and death is God's gift in Christ.

Overview

Paul bursts into thanksgiving: the victory over sin, law, and death is a gift of God through Jesus Christ. Believers do not achieve this triumph but receive it. This verse gathers the chapter's hope into grateful praise centered on the risen Lord.

Cross-references & the web

Cross-references · 16

  • 2 Cor 2:14Now thanks be to God, who always leads us in triumph in Christ, and reveals through us the sweet aroma of his knowledge in every place.
  • Rom 8:37No, in all these things, we are more than conquerors through him who loved us.
  • 1 Jn 5:4–5For whatever is born of God overcomes the world. This is the victory that has overcome the world: your faith.
  • Prov 21:31The horse is prepared for the day of battle; but victory is with Yahweh.
  • Rev 12:11They overcame him because of the Lamb’s blood, and because of the word of their testimony. They didn’t love their life, even to death.
  • John 16:33I have told you these things, that in me you may have peace. In the world you have oppression; but cheer up! I have overcome the world.”
  • 2 Cor 9:15Now thanks be to God for his unspeakable gift!
  • Ps 98:1A Psalm. Sing to Yahweh a new song, for he has done marvelous things! His right hand, and his holy arm, have worked salvation for him.
  • Rev 15:2–3I saw something like a sea of glass mixed with fire, and those who overcame the beast, his image, and the number of his name, standing on the sea of glass, having harps of God.
  • Rom 7:25I thank God through Jesus Christ, our Lord! So then with the mind, I myself serve God’s law, but with the flesh, the sin’s law.
  • Eph 5:20giving thanks always concerning all things in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, to God, even the Father;
  • 1 Cor 15:51Behold, I tell you a mystery. We will not all sleep, but we will all be changed,
  • 1 Chr 22:11Now, my son, may Yahweh be with you and prosper you, and build the house of Yahweh your God, as he has spoken concerning you.
  • 2 Cor 1:11you also helping together on our behalf by your supplication; that, for the gift given to us by means of many, thanks may be given by many persons on your behalf.
  • 2 Kgs 5:1Now Naaman, captain of the army of the king of Syria, was a great man with his master, and honorable, because by him Yahweh had given victory to Syria: he was also a mighty man of valor, but he was a leper.
  • Acts 27:35When he had said this, and had taken bread, he gave thanks to God in the presence of all, and he broke it, and began to eat.

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Christ at the center

Christ crucified is the wisdom and power of God; he is our Passover sacrificed for us, the firstfruits of resurrection, the foundation on which everything is built.

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