it be in the end of this age. The Son of God shall send
forth his Angels, and they shall gather all things that offend, and
them which do iniquity, and shall cast them into the furnace of fire;
there shall be wailing and gnashing of teeth. Then shall the righteous
shine forth as the sun in the kingdom of their father.' Thus spake he
and added this thereto, 'Who hath ears to hear, let him hear.'

"In such words and many more did the Lord make manifest the
resurrection of our bodies, and confirm his words in deed, by raising
many that were dead. And, toward the end of his life upon earth, he
called from the grave one Lazarus his friend, that had already been
four days dead and stank, and thus he restored the lifeless to life.
Moreover, the Lord himself became the first-fruits of that resurrection
which is final and no longer subject unto death, after he had in the
flesh tasted of death; and on the third day he rose again, and became
the first-born from the dead. For other men also were raised from the
dead, but died once more, and might not yet attain to the likeness of
the future true resurrection. But he alone was the leader of that
resurrection, the first to be raised to the resurrection immortal.

"This was the preaching also of them that from the beginning were
eye-witnesses and ministers of the word; for thus saith blessed Paul,
whose calling was not of men, but from heaven, 'Brethren, I declare
unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you. For I delivered unto
you first of all that which I also received, how that Christ died for
our sins according to the Scriptures. Now if Christ be preached that
he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no
resurrection of the dead? For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ
raised. And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in
your sins. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all
men most miserable. But now is Christ risen from the dead and become
the first-fruits of them that slept. For since by man came death, by
man came also the resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die,
even so in Christ shall all be made alive.' And after a little while,
'For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must
put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on
incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall
be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swall