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The First Epistle of Clement to the Corinthians

Chapter XXVI.--We shall rise again, then, as the Scripture also testifies.

Do we then deem it any great and wonderful thing for the Maker of all things to raise up again those that have piously served Him in the assurance of a good faith, when even by a bird He shows us the mightiness of His power to fulfil His promise? ¹ For [the Scripture] saith in a certain place, "Thou shalt raise me up, and I shall confess unto Thee;" ² and again, "I laid me down, and slept; I awaked, because Thou art with me;" ³ and again, Job says, "Thou shalt raise up this flesh of mine, which has suffered all these things." ⁴

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First Epistle to the Corinthians (Loeb)

XXVI

1. Μέγα καὶ θαυμαστὸν οὖν νομίζομεν εἶναι, εἰ ὁδημιουργὸς τῶν ἁπάντων ἀνάστασιν ποιήσεται τῶν ὁσίως αὐτῷ δουλευσάντων ἐν πεποιθήσει πίστεως ἀγαθῆς, ὅπου καὶ δι’ ὀρνέου δείκνυσιν ἡμῖν τὸ μεγαλεῖον τῆς ἐπαγγελίας αὐτοῦ; 2. λέγει γάρ που· Καὶ ἐξαναστήσεις με, καὶ ἐξομολογήσομαί σοι, καί· Ἐκοιμήθην καὶ ἐξηγέρθην, ὅτι σὺ μετ’ ἐμοῦ εἶ. 3. ἀναζωπυρησάτω οὖν ἡ πίστις αὐτοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ νοήσωμεν ὅτι πάντα ἐγγὺς αὐτῷ ἐστιν. 4. ἐν λόγῳ τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ συνκαταστρεψαι. 5. Τίς ἐρεῖ αὐτῷ· Τί ἐποίησας; ἢ τίς ἀντιστήσεται τῷ κράτει τῆς ἰσχύος αὐτοῦ; ὅτε θέλει καὶ ὡς θέλει ποιήσει πάντα, καὶ οὐδὲν μὴ παρέλθῃ τῶν δεδγματισμένων ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ. 6. πάντα ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ εἰσίν, καὶ οὐδὲν λέληθεν τὴν βουλὴν αὐτοῦ, 7. εἰ οἱ οὐρανοὶ διηγοῦνται δόξαν θεοῦ, ποίησιν δὲ χειρῶν αὐτοῦ ἀναγγέλει τὸ στερέωμα· ἡ ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα, καὶ νὺξ νυκτὶ ἀναγγέλει γνῶσιν· καὶ οὐκ εἰσὶν λόγοι οὐδὲ λαλιαί, ὧν οὐχὶ ἀκούονται αἱ φωναὶ αὐτῶν.