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.
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.
- BSB 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.
- 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 12:2Many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.
- John 5:28–29Don’t marvel at this, for the hour comes, in which all that are in the tombs will hear his voice,
- 1 Th 4:14–16For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
- Rev 20:12–13I saw the dead, the great and the small, standing before the throne, and they opened books. Another book was opened, which is the book of life. The dead were judged out of the things which were written in the books, according to their works.
- Job 19:25–26But as for me, I know that my Redeemer lives. In the end, he will stand upon the earth.
- Rev 20:6Blessed and holy is he who has part in the first resurrection. Over these, the second death has no power, but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him one thousand years.
- Phil 3:21who will change the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself.
- 1 Cor 15:12–27Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- Matt 22:31–32But concerning the resurrection of the dead, haven’t you read that which was spoken to you by God, saying,
- Acts 28:20–31For this cause therefore I asked to see you and to speak with you. For because of the hope of Israel I am bound with this chain.”
- Acts 23:6–8But when Paul perceived that the one part were Sadducees and the other Pharisees, he cried out in the council, “Men and brothers, I am a Pharisee, a son of Pharisees. Concerning the hope and resurrection of the dead I am being judged!”
- Acts 26:6–7Now I stand here to be judged for the hope of the promise made by God to our fathers,
- Acts 24:21unless it is for this one thing that I cried standing among them, ‘Concerning the resurrection of the dead I am being judged before you today!’”
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