"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.
"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.