IF WE LIVE

If we live, it’s for the Lord,
If we die, it’s for the Lord,
For Christ rose to be the Lord
Of the living and of the dead.

For I know that my Redeemer lives,
At the end he’ll stand upon the earth,
He shall be a witness by my side,
He will come to my defense!

Where, O death, where is your victory?
Where, O death, where is your power to hurt?
For the Lord has conquered sin and death,
By his cross we are made free!

We were dead through our own trespasses,
We obeyed the promptings of the world;
But with Christ we have now risen,
By his grace we have been saved.

Do not sleep as children of the night,
Stay awake as children of the day,
For the Lord has risen from the dead:
It is this that we proclaim.