Knowing that he which raised up the Lord Jesus shall raise up us also by Jesus, and shall present us with you.
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- WEB knowing that he who raised the Lord Jesus will raise us also with Jesus, and will present us with you.
- BSB knowing that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you in His presence.
- 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
Cross-references · 13
- 1 Th 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
- Rom 8:11But 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.
- 1 Cor 6:14And God hath both raised up the Lord, and will also raise up us by his own power.
- Jude 1:24Now unto him that is able to keep you from falling, and to present you faultless before the presence of his glory with exceeding joy,
- Eph 5:27That he might present it to himself a glorious church, not having spot, or wrinkle, or any such thing; but that it should be holy and without blemish.
- 2 Cor 5:1–4For we know that if our earthly house of this tabernacle were dissolved, we have a building of God, an house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens.
- John 11:25–26Jesus said unto her, I am the resurrection, and the life: he that believeth in me, though he were dead, yet shall he live:
- 2 Cor 11:2For I am jealous over you with godly jealousy: for I have espoused you to one husband, that I may present you as a chaste virgin to Christ.
- 1 Cor 15:20–22But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
- Col 1:28Whom we preach, warning every man, and teaching every man in all wisdom; that we may present every man perfect in Christ Jesus:
- Isa 26:19Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.
- Col 1:22In the body of his flesh through death, to present you holy and unblameable and unreproveable in his sight:
- Acts 2:24Whom God hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it.
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