“Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.”
For we know that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over him. — Christ's resurrection is eschatological victory; his exaltation breaks death's cyclic tyranny irreversibly. The κυριότης (kyriotes, "dominion") of death is abolished—no restoration of his former death. This is the ground of believer confidence: union with the Risen One means participation in his triumph.
Church Fathers on Romans 6:9
“That Christ being raised from the dead, dies no more.” And notice again his undauntedness, and how he makes the thing good from opposite grounds. Since then it was likely that some would feel perplexed at the Cross and the Death, he shows that this very thing is a ground for feeling confident henceforward. For suppose not, he says, because He once died, that He is mortal, for this is the very reason of His being immortal. For His death has been the death of death, and…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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