'Rule' in the Bible
For if, through one man, death ruled because of that man's offense, how much more will those who receive such overflowing grace and the gift of righteousness rule in life because of one man, Jesus the Messiah!
so that, just as sin ruled by bringing death, so also grace might rule by bringing justification that results in eternal life through Jesus the Messiah, our Lord.
Therefore, do not let sin rule your mortal bodies so that you obey their desires.
For sin will not rule over you, because you are not under law but under grace.
At one time I was alive without any connection to the Law. But when the rule was revealed, sin sprang to life,
and I died. I found that the very rule that was intended to bring life actually brought death.
For sin, seizing the opportunity provided by the rule, deceived me and used it to kill me.
So then, the Law itself is holy, and the rule is holy, just, and good.
Now, did something good bring me death? Of course not! But in order that sin might be recognized as being sin, it used something good to cause my death, so that through the rule, sin might become more exposed as being sinful than ever before.
So I find it to be the law [of my inner self], that evil is present in me, the one who wants to do good.
but I see a different law and rule of action in the members of my body [in its appetites and desires], waging war against the law of my mind and subduing me and making me a prisoner of the law of sin which is within my members.
Therefore, brethren, it is not to our lower natures that we are under obligation that we should live by their rule.
For as you, in time past, were not under the rule of God, but now have got mercy through their turning away,
Let every individual be obedient to those who rule over him; for no one is a ruler except by God's permission, and our present rulers have had their rank and power assigned to them by Him.
Christ died and came to life for this: that He might rule over both the dead and the living.
And again, Isaiah says:The root of Jesse will appear,the One who rises to rule the Gentiles;the Gentiles will hope in Him.
And I will keep myself from talking of anything but those things which Christ has done by me to put the Gentiles under his rule in word and in act,
So that I may be kept safe from those in Judaea who have not put themselves under the rule of God, and that the help which I am taking for Jerusalem may be pleasing to the saints;
But is now made clear; and by the writings of the prophets, by the order of the eternal God, the knowledge of it has been given to all the nations, so that they may come under the rule of the faith;
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