…we are no longer under the tyranny of death… for sin is the sting of death, the main reason why death is painful and poisonous. But Christ has died for our sins and taken them away… death can harm us no longer.”

△ “…victory through our Lord Jesus Christ” in each case.

The law, the flesh, the world, and death are all still present, but they are “banished”, i.e. “ineffective.”

△△ Adam; four tyrants,

the law enslaves, the flesh dominates, the world beguiles, death reigns.

△△△ Christ inaugurated;

grace, not law, the Spirit not the flesh, the will of God not the fashions of the world, abundant life not death.

John Stott