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For God the almighty Himself will raise us through our Lord Jesus Christ according to His unfailing promise, and will raise us up with all those who have slept from the beginning of time, just as we are in our present form, lacking nothing except corruption, since we shall be raised incorruptible. For whether we die at sea, or are scattered on the earth, or are torn apart by beasts or birds, He will raise us by His own power, because the whole world is held in the hand of God; “But,” He says, “not a hair of your head will perish.” Therefore, He exhorts, saying, “In your patience possess your souls.” And concerning the resurrection of the dead and the reward of the martyrs, Gabriel says to Daniel: “And many of those who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to reproach and everlasting shame. And those who are wise shall shine like the sun and like the firmament and like the stars.” Thus, the holy Gabriel foretold that the saints would shine as luminaries; for he bore witness that they understand the truth and His holy name. Not only to the martyrs is the resurrection promised, but also to all men, both just and unjust, pious and impious, so that each may receive according to his worth. “For,” He says, “God will bring every work into judgment, with every secret thing, whether it be good or evil.” But the Jews of old, not believing this resurrection, said: “Our bones are dried up, we have perished.” To whom God, answering, said: “Behold, I will open your graves and will bring you up out of them and will put My spirit in you, and you shall live, and you shall know that I the Lord have spoken, and I will do it.” And through Isaiah He says: “The dead shall be raised, and those in the tombs shall be awakened, and those who rest in the earth shall rejoice, for the dew from you is healing for them.” Many other things, therefore, have been said concerning the resurrection and concerning the abiding in glory of the righteous and concerning the punishment of the ungodly, of their fall, turning away, condemnation, dishonor, eternal fire and the undying worm. And that, if He had wished all men to be immortal, He was able, He showed by not allowing Enoch and Elijah to taste death. And if He wished to raise the dead in every generation, He has convinced us both through Himself and through others, raising the son of the widow through Elijah and the son of the Shunamite woman

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Aὐτὸς γὰρ ἡμᾶς ἐγερεῖ ὁ παντοκράτωρ Θεὸς διὰ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν αὐτοῦ τὴν ἀψευδῆ, καὶ ἀναστήσει ἡμᾶς σὺν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀπ' αἰῶνος κοιμηθεῖσιν τοιούτους, ὁποῖοι ὑπάρχομεν ἐν τῇ νῦν μορφῇ, μηθὲν ἐλλειπὲς ἔχοντας ἢ τὴν φθοράν, ἐπείπερ ἄφθαρτοι ἀναστησόμεθα. Κἄν τε γὰρ ἐν πελάγει τελευ τήσωμεν, κἂν ἐν γῇ διασπαρῶμεν, κἂν ὑπὸ θηρίων ἢ ὀρνέων διασπασθῶμεν, ἀναστήσει ἡμᾶς τῇ ἑαυτοῦ δυνάμει, ὅτι ὁ πᾶς κόσμος τῇ τοῦ Θεοῦ συνέχεται χειρί· «Θρὶξ δέ, φησίν, ἐκ τῆς κεφαλῆς ὑμῶν οὐ μὴ ἀπόληται.» ∆ιὸ παραινεῖ λέγων· «Ἐν τῇ ὑπομονῇ ὑμῶν κτήσασθε τὰς ψυχὰς ὑμῶν.» Περὶ δὲ τῆς τῶν νεκρῶν ἀναστάσεως καὶ τῆς τῶν μαρτύ ρων μισθαποδοσίας λέγει Γαβριὴλ τῷ ∆ανιήλ· «Καὶ πολλοὶ τῶν κεκοιμημένων ἐκ γῆς χώματος ἀναστήσονται, οἱ μὲν εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, οἱ δὲ εἰς ὀνειδισμὸν καὶ αἰσχύνην αἰώνιον· καὶ οἱ συνιέντες ἐκλάμψουσιν ὡς ὁ ἥλιος καὶ ὡς τὸ στερέωμα καὶ ὡς οἱ ἀστέρες.» Ὡς φωστῆρας τοίνυν τοὺς ἁγίους ἐκλάμψειν προεῖπεν ὁ ἅγιος Γαβριήλ· αὐτοῖς γὰρ τὸ συνιέναι τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐμαρτύρησεν καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν αὐτοῦ ὄνομα. Oὐ μόνον δὲ τοῖς μάρτυσιν ἐπήγγελται τὴν ἀνάστασιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶσιν ἀνθρώ ποις, δικαίοις τε καὶ ἀδίκοις, εὐσεβέσιν τε καὶ δυσσεβέσιν, ἵνα ἕκαστος τὰ πρὸς ἀξίαν τίσῃ. «Ἄξει γάρ, φησίν, ὁ Θεὸς σύμπαν τὸ ποίημα εἰς κρίσιν ἐν παντὶ παρεωραμένῳ, ἐὰν ἀγαθὸν καὶ ἐὰν πονηρόν.» Ταύτην δὲ τὴν ἀνάστασιν μὴ πιστεύοντες Ἰουδαῖοι τὸ παλαιὸν ἔλεγον· «Ξηρὰ γέγονεν τὰ ὀστᾶ ἡμῶν, διαπεφωνήκαμεν.» Oἷς ὁ Θεὸς ἀποκριθεὶς ἔφη· «Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἀνοίγω τοὺς τάφους ὑμῶν καὶ ἀνάξω ὑμᾶς ἐξ αὐτῶν καὶ δώσω τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐν ὑμῖν, καὶ ζήσεσθε, καὶ γνώσεσθε, ὅτι ἐγὼ Κύριος λελάληκα καὶ ποιήσω.» Καὶ διὰ Ἡσαΐου φησίν· «Ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις, καὶ εὐφρανθήσονται οἱ ἡσυχάζοντες ἐν τῇ γῇ, ὅτι ἡ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ἴαμα αὐτοῖς ἐστιν.» Πολλὰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ἕτερα περὶ τῆς ἀναστάσεως εἴρηται καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν δικαίων ἐν δόξῃ διαμονῆς καὶ περὶ τῆς τῶν ἀσεβῶν τιμωρίας, πτώσεως, ἀποστροφῆς, καταδίκης, ἀδοξίας, πυρὸς αἰωνίου καὶ σκώληκος ἀτελευτήτου. Καὶ ὅτι, εἰ ἐβούλετο πάντας ἀνθρώπους εἶναι ἀθανάτους, ἠδύνατο, ἔδειξεν τὸν Ἐνὼχ καὶ τὸν Ἠλίαν μὴ ἐάσας θανάτου πεῖραν λαβεῖν. Eἰ δὲ καὶ κατὰ γενεὰν τοὺς τελευτῶντας ἀνιστᾶν ἤθελεν, καὶ δι' ἑαυτοῦ καὶ δι' ἑτέρων ἔπεισεν, τὸν μὲν υἱὸν τῆς χήρας διὰ Ἠλίου ἀναστήσας καὶ τὸν τῆς Σωμανίτιδος