For we know that since Christ was raised from the dead, He cannot die again; death no longer has dominion over Him.
Parallel translations
- WEB knowing that Christ, being raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no more has dominion over him!
- KJV Knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more dominion over him.
- NKJV knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no more. Death no longer has dominion over Him.
- NASB knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, is never to die again; death no longer is master over Him.
- NLT We are sure of this because Christ was raised from the dead, and he will never die again. Death no longer has any power over him.
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Quick answer
The risen Christ will never die again; death has lost all power over Him. His permanent victory over death secures ours.
Overview
Christ's resurrection is not a return to mortal life but entrance into a death-proof, indestructible life. Because death has no more dominion over Him, those united to Him share in His unending triumph. This guarantees the believer's hope rests on an unchangeable foundation.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 9
- Rom 6:14For sin shall not be your master, because you are not under law, but under grace.
- Rev 1:18the Living One. I was dead, and behold, now I am alive forever and ever! And I hold the keys of Death and of Hades.
- Acts 2:24–28But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
- Heb 10:12–13But when this Priest had offered for all time one sacrifice for sins, He sat down at the right hand of God.
- Ps 16:9–11Therefore my heart is glad and my tongue rejoices; my body also will dwell securely.
- Heb 2:14–15Now since the children have flesh and blood, He too shared in their humanity, so that by His death He might destroy him who holds the power of death, that is, the devil,
- Heb 7:25Therefore He is able to save completely those who draw near to God through Him, since He always lives to intercede for them.
- Rom 5:14Nevertheless, death reigned from Adam until Moses, even over those who did not sin in the way that Adam transgressed. He is a pattern of the One to come.
- Heb 7:16one who has become a priest not by a law of succession, but by the power of an indestructible life.
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