“Christ did not win the victory for himself but for our benefit. For when he became a man, he remained God, and by overcoming the devil, he who never sinned gained the victory for us, who were bound in death because of sin. The death of Christ defeated the devil, who was forced to surrender all those who had died becau…”
Ambrosiaster, 4th c. — COMMENTARY ON PAUL'S EPISTLES
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57But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
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55O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory?
56The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law.
— 1 Corinthians 15:57 —
58Therefore, my beloved brethren, be ye stedfast, unmoveable, always abounding in the work of the Lord, forasmuch as ye know that your labour is not in vain in the Lord.