1 CORINTHIANS 6:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.”
By his power God raised the Lord from the dead, and he will raise us also. — The resurrection of Christ becomes the basis for bodily redemption. If God invested such power in raising Jesus, the bodily resurrection of believers follows necessarily. The resurrection of the body (not merely spiritual immortality) establishes that matter, flesh, and embodied existence are not disposable. Sexual ethics thus connect to eschatology: what happens to the body now anticipates and participates in the resurrection body.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 6:14
And God both raised up the Lord, and will raise up us also through His power. Do you perceive again his Apostolical wisdom? For he is always establishing the credibility of the Resurrection from Christ, and especially now. For if our body be a member of Christ, and Christ be risen, the body also shall surely follow the Head. “Through his power.” For since he had asserted a thing disbelieved and not to be apprehended by reasonings, he has left entirely to His…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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