Romans 14:9

Irenaeus Against Heresies Book III

And he renders the reason why the Son of God did these things, saying, "For to this end Christ both lived, and died, and revived, that He might rule over the living and the dead."[328]

Origen Against Celsus Book II

: "For to this end Christ died, and rose again, that He might be Lord both of the `dead and living.'"[166]

Methodius From the Discourse on the Resurrection

The saint says at the end: The words, "For to this end Christ both died, and rose, and revived, that He might be Lord both of the dead and living,"[119]

Origen Commentary on John Book VI " He, then, who is able worthily to set forth the meaning of these two journeys is able to untie the latchet of the shoes of Jesus; he, bending down in his mind and going with Jesus as He goes down into Hades, and descending from heaven and the mysteries of Christ's deity to the advent He of necessity made with us when He took on man (as His shoes). Now He who put on man also put on the dead, for[106]