1 Corinthians 15:54-57: "54 When the perishable puts on the imperishable, and the mortal puts on immortality, then shall come to pass the saying that is written: 'Death is swallowed up in victory.' 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."
Romans 5:9-11: "9 Since, therefore, we have now been justified by his blood, much more shall we be saved by him from the wrath of God. 10 For if while we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of his Son, much more, now that we are reconciled, shall we be saved by his life. 11 More than that, we also rejoice in God through our Lord Jesus Christ, through whom we have now received reconciliation."
Revelation 5:12-13: "12 saying with a loud voice, 'Worthy is the Lamb who was slain, to receive power and wealth and wisdom and might and honor and glory and blessing!' 13 And I heard every creature in heaven and on earth and under the earth and in the sea, and all that is in them, saying, 'To him who sits on the throne and to the Lamb be blessing and honor and glory and might forever and ever!'"
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The text from 1 Corinthians appears at the beginning of the fourth verse: "O, where is your sting, death?" Later in the fourth verse, the text from Romans appears: "For all our transgressions His blood does atone / Redeemed and forgiven, we now are His own."
The text from Revelation is in the last verse ("Laud, honor, and praise to the Lamb that was slain"), but it might also be the source for the last two lines of the first verse: "Break forth, hosts of heaven, in jubilant song / And earth, sea, and mountain their praises prolong."
The text from Revelation is in the last verse ("Laud, honor, and praise to the Lamb that was slain"), but it might also be the source for the last two lines of the first verse: "Break forth, hosts of heaven, in jubilant song / And earth, sea, and mountain their praises prolong."
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The line "Christ rose, and now open is fair Eden's door" in the fourth verse seems to refer to Genesis 3:24: "He [God] drove out the man, and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword that turned every way to guard the way to the tree of life."
