1 Corinthians 15:55-57: "55 'O death, where is your victory? O death, where is your sting?' 56 The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57 But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ."
2 Timothy 1:10: "and which now has been manifested through the appearing of our Savior Christ Jesus, who abolished death and brought life and immortality to light through the gospel"
Ephesians 2:1: "And you were dead in the trespasses and sins"
Ephesians 2:4-6: "4 But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, 5 even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ - by grace you have been saved - 6 and raised us up with him and seated us with him in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus"
Isaiah 53:5: "But he was wounded for our transgressions; he was crushed for our iniquities; upon him was the chastisement that brought us peace, and with his stripes we are healed."
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The text is public domain:
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
The strife is o'er, the battle done;
Now is the victor's triumph won;
Now be the song of praise begun.
Alleluia!
The pow'rs of death have done their worst,
But Christ their legions hath dispersed.
Let shouts of holy joy outburst.
Alleluia!
The three sad days have quickly sped,
He rises glorious from the dead.
All glory to our risen Head!
Alleluia!
He broke the age-bound chains of hell;
The bars from heav'n's high portals fell.
Let hymns of praise His triumph tell.
Alleluia!
Lord, by the stripes which wounded Thee,
From death's dread sting Thy servants free
That we may live and sing to Thee.
Alleluia!
Alleluia, alleluia, alleluia!
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The text from 1 Corinthians seems to be the main source, and it appears most clearly in the first verse and the phrase "death's dread sting" in the fifth verse.
The 1 Corinthians text could also be cited for the second through fourth verses, but "abolish[ing] death" from 2 Timothy 1:10 seems to be drawn from too.
The other three citations (Ephesians 2:1, 4-6 and Isaiah 53:5) all seem to be in the last verse. Isaiah 53:5 is the most clear, appearing at the beginning: "by the stripes which wounded Thee." Although it uses a specific phrase from 1 Corinthians 15:55, the line "From death's dread sting Thy servants free" contains the idea of freedom from the death that is sin that's present in the verses from Ephesians.
Although not cited, the third verse - specifically Christ as the "Head" - seems to draw from Colossians 1:18, which also mentions the resurrection: "And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent."
Although not cited, the third verse - specifically Christ as the "Head" - seems to draw from Colossians 1:18, which also mentions the resurrection: "And he is the head of the body, the church. He is the beginning, the firstborn from the dead, that in everything he might be preeminent."
