Chord:

Stanza 1. Christ the Lord is risen today, Alleluia!
Earth and heaven in chorus say, Alleluia!
Raise your joys and triumphs high, Alleluia!
Sing, ye heavens, and earth reply, Alleluia!

Stanza 2. Love’s redeeming work is done, Alleluia!
Fought the fight, the battle won, Alleluia!
Death in vain forbids him rise, Alleluia!
Christ has opened paradise, Alleluia!

Stanza 3. Lives again our glorious King, Alleluia!
Where, O death, is now thy sting? Alleluia!
Once he died our souls to save, Alleluia!
Where’s thy victory, boasting grave? Alleluia!

Stanza 4. Soar we now where Christ has led, Alleluia!
Following our exalted Head, Alleluia!
Made like him, like him we rise, Alleluia!
Ours the cross, the grave, the skies, Alleluia!

Stanza 5. Hail the Lord of earth and heaven, Alleluia!
Praise to thee by both be given, Alleluia!
Thee we greet triumphant now, Alleluia!
Hail the Resurrection, thou, Alleluia!

Stanza 6. King of glory, soul of bliss, Alleluia!
Everlasting life is this, Alleluia!
Thee to know, thy power to prove, Alleluia!
Thus to sing, and thus to love, Alleluia!

Key Bible verses for “Christ the Lord Is Risen Today”:

• 1 Corinthians 15:54-57 – Death swallowed up in victory; “Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?”
• Matthew 28:5-7 – “He is not here; he has risen”
• Luke 24:5-6 – “Why do you look for the living among the dead? He is not here; he has risen!”
• Romans 6:9 – Death no longer has dominion over him
• 1 Peter 1:3 – Born again to a living hope through the resurrection
• Revelation 1:18 – “I am the Living One; I was dead, and now look, I am alive for ever and ever!”
• John 11:25 – “I am the resurrection and the life”
• Hebrews 2:14-15 – Destroyed death’s power

Core: Resurrection victory over death (1 Cor 15; empty tomb accounts).