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Louis Segond 1910
L'aiguillon de la mort, c'est le péché; et la puissance du péché, c'est la loi.
KJV
The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law.
The sting of death [is] sin; and the strength of sin [is] the law.
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