and will also raise up us Unlike the belly, whose functions shall cease, the body, through its Lord, is destined to an enduring life. We are taught in Romans 8:11, in ch. 15, and by that much neglected article in the Creed, "The Resurrection of the Body," that Christ came to save, sanctify, and raise again, not our souls only, but our bodies.

by his own power Our version has rendered definite here what in the original is indefinite. It is impossible to say for certain whether the word "His" refers to the Father or to Christ; but the analogy of St John 5:21; John 5:25; John 5:28; John 11:25, and especially 2 Corinthians 4:14, would lead us to the conclusion that Christ is here meant. But see Ephesians 1:19-20. There seems to be a distinction implied in the Greek of this verse between the raising of Christ, who saw no corruption, and the raising us from our state of corruption and almost annihilation, through the power of Christ.

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