and I have the same hope in God that they themselves cherish, that there will be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
Parallel translations
- WEB having hope toward God, which these also themselves look for, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- KJV And have hope toward God, which they themselves also allow, that there shall be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and unjust.
- NKJV I have hope in God, which they themselves also accept, that there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just and the unjust.
- NASB having a hope in God, which these men cherish themselves, that there shall certainly be a resurrection of both the righteous and the wicked.
- NLT I have the same hope in God that these men have, that he will raise both the righteous and the unrighteous.
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Quick answer
Paul declares his hope in God for the resurrection of both the righteous and the unrighteous, a hope his accusers share. He grounds his faith in a doctrine many of them affirm.
Overview
Paul ties his defense to the resurrection, a belief held by the Pharisees among his accusers, showing that he stands within Israel's hope rather than against it. The resurrection of the just and unjust points to final judgment and to the vindication God provides. This hope is secured in Christ, the firstfruits of the resurrection, whose rising guarantees the resurrection to come.
Cross-references & the web
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- Dan 12:2And many who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake, some to everlasting life, but others to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:28–29Do not be amazed at this, for the hour is coming when all who are in their graves will hear His voice
- 1 Th 4:14–16For 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.
- Rev 20:12–13And I saw the dead, great and small, standing before the throne. And there were open books, and one of them was the Book of Life. And the dead were judged according to their deeds, as recorded in the books.
- Job 19:25–26But I know that my Redeemer lives, and in the end He will stand upon the earth.
- Rev 20:6Blessed and holy are those who share in the first resurrection! The second death has no power over them, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with Him for a thousand years.
- Phil 3:21who, by the power that enables Him to subject all things to Himself, will transform our lowly bodies to be like His glorious body.
- 1 Cor 15:12–27But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- Matt 22:31–32But concerning the resurrection of the dead, have you not read what God said to you:
- Acts 28:20–31So for this reason I have called to see you and speak with you. It is because of the hope of Israel that I am bound with this chain.”
- Acts 23:6–8Then Paul, knowing that some of them were Sadducees and others Pharisees, called out in the Sanhedrin, “Brothers, I am a Pharisee, the son of a Pharisee. It is because of my hope in the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial.”
- Acts 26:6–7And now I stand on trial because of my hope in the promise that God made to our fathers,
- Acts 24:21unless it was this one thing I called out as I stood in their presence: ‘It is concerning the resurrection of the dead that I am on trial before you today.’”
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