knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
Parallel translations
- WEB knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
- KJV Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
- NKJV knowing that He who raised up the Lord Jesus will also raise us up with Jesus, and will present us with you.
- NASB knowing that He who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus, and will present us with you.
- NLT We know that God, who raised the Lord Jesus, will also raise us with Jesus and present us to himself together with you.
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Quick answer
Paul is sustained by the certainty of resurrection: the God who raised Jesus will raise believers too. This hope makes present suffering bearable.
Overview
The resurrection of Jesus is the ground and guarantee of the believer's future resurrection (cf. 1 Cor. 15:20). Paul anticipates being raised and presented together with the Corinthians before God, underscoring the corporate hope of the church. This certainty fuels his endurance, for death is not the end for those united to the risen Christ.
Cross-references & the web
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- 1 Th 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
- Rom 8:11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you, He who raised Christ Jesus from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit, who lives in you.
- 1 Cor 6:14By His power God raised the Lord from the dead, and He will raise us also.
- Jude 1:24Now to Him who is able to keep you from stumbling and to present you unblemished in His glorious presence, with great joy—
- Eph 5:27and to present her to Himself as a glorious church, without stain or wrinkle or any such blemish, but holy and blameless.
- 2 Cor 5:1–4Now we know that if the earthly tent we live in is dismantled, we have a building from God, an eternal house in heaven, not built by human hands.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life. Whoever believes in Me will live, even though he dies.
- 2 Cor 11:2I am jealous for you with a godly jealousy. For I promised you to one husband, to present you as a pure virgin to Christ.
- 1 Cor 15:20–22But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
- Col 1:28We proclaim Him, admonishing and teaching everyone with all wisdom, so that we may present everyone perfect in Christ.
- Isa 26:19Your dead will live; their bodies will rise. Awake and sing, you who dwell in the dust! For your dew is like the dew of the morning, and the earth will bring forth her dead.
- Col 1:22But now He has reconciled you by Christ’s physical body through death to present you holy, unblemished, and blameless in His presence—
- Acts 2:24But God raised Him from the dead, releasing Him from the agony of death, because it was impossible for Him to be held in its clutches.
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