Romans 14:9 — Community Reflections

ROMANS 14:9 — KING JAMES VERSION 1 0

“For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that he might be Lord both of the dead and living.”

For this very reason, Christ died and returned to life so that he might be the Lord of both the dead and the living. — Purpose of apobanō (die) and anistēmi (be raised) is lordship over both nekros (dead) and zao (living). Christ's resurrection is not merely personal victory but coronation establishing universal dominion. All judgment authority flows from this lordship.

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The light of the world — Romans 14

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