Destroy] RV 'bring to nought,' i.e. render powerless. Death and the devil still exist, but their power is broken. The power of death] Death being the direct consequence of sin (Romans 5:12; Romans 6:23), the devil may be said to have the power of death in so far as he tempts men to sin, and so keeps sharp the sting of death (1 Corinthians 15:56).

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