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the substance nor the essence of creation is destroyed-for true and firm is the one who established it-, but "the form of this world is passing away," that is, in those things in which the transgression occurred, because man grew old in them. And for this reason this form became temporary, God having foreseen all things. And when this form has passed away and man has been renewed and has flourished unto incorruption so that he can no longer grow old, "there will be a new heaven and a new earth"; in new things man will remain, ever new, communing with God. 30 And Isaiah says: "For as the new heaven and the new earth, which I make, remain before me, says the Lord, so shall your seed and your name stand." As the elders say, then those who have been deemed worthy of the sojourn in heaven will go there, others will enjoy the delight of paradise, and others will possess the beauty and splendor of the city, with all the good things around it supplied by God, and everywhere the Savior will be seen, as those who see him will be worthy. And that this is the distinction of the dwelling place for those who bear fruit a hundredfold, and sixtyfold, and thirtyfold, of whom some will be taken up into the heavens, others will dwell in paradise, and others will inhabit the city; and for this reason the Lord has said that in the Father's house there are many mansions. For all things are of God, who provides for all the fitting dwelling.

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ὑπόστασις οὐδὲ ἡ οὐσία τῆς κτίσεως ἐξαφανίζεται-ἀληθὴς γὰρ καὶ βέβαιος ὁ συστησάμενος αὐτήν-, ἀλλὰ «τὸ σχῆμα παράγει τοῦ κόσμου τούτου», τουτέστιν ἐν οἷς ἡ παράβασις γέγονεν, ὅτι ἐπαλαιώθη ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐν αὐτοῖς. Καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὸ σχῆμα τοῦτο πρόσκαιρον ἐγένετο, προειδότος τὰ πάντα τοῦ Θεοῦ. Παρελθόντος δὲ τοῦ σχήματος τούτου καὶ ἀνανεωθέντος τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ ἀκμάσαντος πρὸς τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν ὥστε μηκέτι δύνασθαι πέρα παλαιωθῆναι, «ἔσται ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ καινή»· ἐν τοῖς καινοῖς παραμενεῖ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἀεὶ καινὸς προσομιλῶν τῷ Θεῷ. 30 Καὶ ὁ Ἠσαΐας φησίν· «Ὃν τρόπον γὰρ ὁ οὐρανὸς καινὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ καινή, ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ, μένει ἐνώπιόν μου, λέγει Κύριος, οὕτω στήσεται τὸ σπέρμα ὑμῶν καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ὑμῶν.» Καθὼς οἱ πρεσβύτεροι λέγουσι, τότε οἱ μὲν καταξιωθέντες τῆς ἐν οὐρανῷ διατριβῆς ἐκεῖσε χωρήσουσιν, οἱ δὲ τῆς τοῦ παραδείσου τρυφῆς ἀπολαύσουσιν, οἱ δὲ τὴν καλλονὴν καὶ τὴν λαμπρότητα τῆς πόλεως καθέξουσιν, σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς περὶ αὐτὴν ἀγαθοῖς ἐπιχορηγουμένοις ὑπὸ τοῦ Θεοῦ, πανταχοῦ δὲ ὁ Σωτὴρ ὁραθήσεται, καθὼς ἄξιοι ἔσονται οἱ ὁρῶντες αὐτόν. Εἶναι δὲ τὴν διαστολὴν ταύτην τῆς οἰκήσεως τῶν τὰ ἑκατὸν καρποφορούντων καὶ τῶν τὰ ἑξήκοντα καὶ τῶν τὰ τριάκοντα, ὧν οἱ μὲν εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀναληφθήσονται, οἱ δὲ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ διατρίψουσιν, οἱ δὲ τὴν πόλιν κατοικήσουσιν· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο εἰρηκέναι τὸν Κύριον ἐν τοῖς τοῦ Πατρὸς μονὰς εἶναι πολλάς. Τὰ πάντα γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὃς τοῖς πᾶσι τὴν ἁρμόζουσαν οἴκησιν παρέχει.