<p>15:57 <i>But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ-</i> This is the language of Rom. 7:25, where Paul rejoices that despite our sin and its power, we are delivered through our Lord Jesus. We lost... but we are given victory, on account of being in the Lord Jesus. His victory is therefore legitimately counted as ours. Again we note the present tense: &quot;Gives us the victory&quot;, not &quot;Will give us the victory&quot;. The essence of resurrection is to be felt and known in our lives right now.</p><p>There were in the early church standard acclamations or doxologies which may reflect common phrases used in prayers throughout the early brotherhood- just as there are certain phrases used in prayers throughout the world today. &ldquo;Thanks be to God who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ&rdquo; is an acclamation that crops in up in some form or other in 1 Cor. 15:57; Rom. 6:17; 7:25; 2 Cor. 2:14; 8:16; 9:15. Likewise &ldquo;God&hellip; to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen&rdquo; (Gal. 3:15; Rom. 11:36; 16:27; Eph. 3:21; 2 Tim. 4:18; 1 Tim. 1:17).</p>