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To destroy = lyō

Started by FineLinen, September 05, 2021, 11:23:15 AM

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FineLinen

"The Son of God entered the scene to abolish the devil's ways." ~MSG

"The devil sins from the beginning. For this purpose the Son of God was manifested, that He might destroy the works of the devil."

To destroy =

Verb lyō


To loose one bound.

To unbind, release from bonds, set free.

To loose any person or thing tied or fastened.

One bound up/ swathed in bandages.

Prisoner bound with chains. Discharge from prison & let go.

To loosen, undo, dissolve, anything bound.

To annul, subvert.

To do away with by depriving of authority.

To break up, demolish & destroy.

To overthrow, to do away with.
Are our broadest hopes broad enough? Shall there be a nook or abyss, in all the universe of God, finally unlightened by the Cross? Shall there be a sin, or sorrow, or pain unhealed? Is the very universe, is creation in all its extent, a field wide enough for the Son of God?

FineLinen

"What if God, choosing to show his wrath and make his power known, bore with great patience the objects of his wrath?prepared for destruction? -Rom. 8:22

Fitted = katartizō =

To repair.

To mend what has been broken or rent.

To put in order, arrange & adjust.

Make one what he aught to be.

To prepare fit & frame for one's self.
Are our broadest hopes broad enough? Shall there be a nook or abyss, in all the universe of God, finally unlightened by the Cross? Shall there be a sin, or sorrow, or pain unhealed? Is the very universe, is creation in all its extent, a field wide enough for the Son of God?