By man death has gained its power over men; by the Word made Man death has been destroyed and life raised up anew. That is what Paul says, that true … - Athanasius of Alexandria

For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, so also in Christ shall all be made alive:

we see the fitness of His death and of those outstretched arms: it was that He might draw His ancient people with the one and the Gentiles with the other, and join both together in Himself.

He gives them a share in His own Image, our Lord Jesus Christ, and makes them after His own Image and after His likeness: so that by such grace perceiving the Image, that is, the Word of the Father, they may be able through Him to get an idea of the Father, and knowing their Maker, live the happy and truly blessed life.

For God has not only created us from nothing, but also granted us by the grace of the Word to live a life according to God.