The resurrectiō of the dead is not yet broughte to passe.
The Last Resurrection Still Awaiting
The resurrection of the dead is not yet fulfilled in the raising of the soul from sin; at the last day God will restore the very bodies of all, so that every person may receive reward or punishment according to his works.
The resurrection of the dead has not yet come to pass — as though it belonged only to the soul, which by the grace of Christ is raised from the death of sin — but it is to be looked for at the last day.✦ For then (as Scripture most plainly testifies) their own bodies — flesh and bone — will be restored to all who are dead, so that the whole person may, according to his works, receive either reward or punishment, as he has lived virtuously or wickedly.✦1
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THe resurrecciō of the dead is not as yet brought to passe: as though it only belonged to the soule, which by the grace of Christ is raised from the death of synne: but it is to be loked for at the laste day. For then (as Scripture … most manifestly testifie) to all that be dead theyr owne bodies ste she, and bone shalbe restored: that the whole mā may (accordinge to hys workes) haue other reward, orpu nishment, as he hath liued vertuoufly or wickedly.
Scripture echoes
- ↩Rom.6.4-Rom.6.11;Eph.2.1-Eph.2.5;Col.2.12-Col.2.13 — Therefore we were buried with him through baptism into death, so that, just as Christ was raised from the dead through the glory of the Father, so also we might walk in newness of life. Rom.6.5 — For if we have become united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall also be united with him in the likeness of his resurrection. Rom.6.6 — We know this: our old self was crucified with him, so that the body of sin might be rendered powerless, that we might no longer be enslaved to sin. Rom.6.7 — For the one who has died has been justified from sin. Rom.6.8 — Now if we died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with him. Rom.6.9 — knowing that Christ, having been raised from the dead, dies no longer; death no longer has dominion over him. Rom.6.10 — For the death he died, he died to sin once for all; but the life he lives, he lives to God. Rom.6.11 — So also you, consider yourselves dead to sin, but alive to God in Christ Jesus. Eph.2.1 — And you, though dead in your trespasses and sins, Eph.2.2 — in which you once walked according to the age of this world, according to the ruler of the authority of the air, the spirit now working in the sons of disobedience; Eph.2.3 — Among them we too all once lived in the passions of our flesh, carrying out the desires of the flesh and the thoughts, and we were by nature children of wrath, just like the rest. Eph.2.4 — But God, being rich in mercy, because of the great love with which he loved us, Eph.2.5 — even when we were dead in our trespasses, made us alive together with Christ—by grace you have been saved— Col.2.12 — having been buried with him in baptism, in which you were also raised with him through faith in the working of God, who raised him from the dead. Col.2.13 — And you, who were dead in your trespasses and in the uncircumcision of your flesh, he made alive together with him, having forgiven us all our trespasses.
- ↩Matt.16.27;Rom.2.6;2Cor.5.10;Rev.20.12-Rev.20.13 — For the Son of Man is going to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and then he will repay each one according to his deeds. Rom.2.6 — who will render to each one according to that person's works 2Cor.5.10 — For we must all appear before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each one may receive what has been done through the body, whether good or evil. Rev.20.12 — And I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and books were opened. And another book was opened, which is the book of life. And the dead were judged by what was written in the books, according to their works. Rev.20.13 — And the sea gave up the dead that were in it, and Death and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each one was judged according to their deeds.
Notes
- 1 ↩Normalized corrupted source spans: 'ste she, and bone' read as 'flesh and bone'; 'orpu nishment' as 'or punishment'; Early Modern 'other ... or' rendered as 'either ... or'. Source also has an ellipsis after 'Scripture'.
John Ponet's Short Catechisme (1553) companion
Rule yourself daily, not just on retreat
Chosen Portion turns the mirror into a daily practice — a short reading and examining question each morning before you lead anyone.
Chosen Portion makes the mirror daily: the ruler-formation questions this collection preserves become a two-minute morning examination in the app.
- A daily formation reading drawn from centuries of counsel to those in authority
- One pointed examination question a day — two minutes, before the meetings start
- Track your practice over weeks and watch the examined life become a habit