“But if the Spirit of him that raised up Jesus from the dead dwell in you, he that raised up Christ from the dead shall also quicken your mortal bodies by his Spirit that dwelleth in you.”
And if the Spirit of him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, he who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies because of his Spirit who lives in you. — The same πνεῦμα (pneuma, "Spirit") that ἐγείρω (egeirō, "raised") Christ will animate the believer's mortal body. Resurrection is not merely future; the Spirit's power, already indwelling, is the first-fruits (ἀπαρχή, aparkhē) of resurrection. God's raising of Jesus is the prototype of the believer's resurrection; the Spirit guarantees its fulfillment.
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