and yet death reigned from Adam to Moses, even over those who had not sinned after the likeness of Adam's transgression, who is the type of Him that was to come.

knowing that Christ being raised from the dead dieth no more; death hath no more power over Him: for as He died, He died once for all on account of sin;

For sin shall have no power over you, inasmuch as ye are not under the law, but under grace.

Are ye ignorant, brethren, (for I speak to them that know the law) that the law hath power over a man, only so long as it liveth?

whose are the fathers, and of whom, as to the flesh, Christ came, who is over all God blessed for ever. Amen.

Hath not the potter power over the clay, out of the same mass to make one vessel to honor and another to dishonor?

Let every soul be subject to the powers that are over them: for there is no such power but from God: the powers that are over men, are appointed by God.

And again Esaias saith, "There shall be a root of Jesse, and one that shall rise to rule over the Gentiles: in Him shall the Gentiles trust."