Canons on the Letters of Paul

Occupied with many necessities, I have answered your letter rather late, dearest friend. For you had asked that, against the cunning deceit of the heretics, I should find by careful searching in the divine Scriptures some very strong bulwark—not long or tedious, but neat and elegant—by which the impudence of those might be overthrown more quickly who, when the truest testimonies are put to them, strive to interpret them in their own most perverse sense, or else deny that they are written. And therefore you say that against them something must be devised that does not swell with the cunning eloquence of an orator or wrap itself in the slippery syllogisms of dialectic—for these are usually the greatest refuges for some—but you want it to be such as shines with pure truth and stands on the wonderful authority of the Scriptures; and that those things should be avoided which are contrary and hostile to the spiritual and innocent Christian faith, since, being the wisdom of the world, it has been called folly by the apostle. Hearing these things from you very often, and since you wrote these and similar things to me, it seemed good to me to take the Scriptures themselves and set them in the middle—that is, the fourteen letters of the most blessed apostle Paul—and to distinguish in their text the senses of the testimonies, to arrange numbers for the testimonies themselves, and to mark these numbers above in ink for each of the letters, beginning from one and continuing in order to the end of its length. Further, plucking certain words from these testimonies, I composed canons consisting of the same flavour as the testimonies themselves. Under these canons I have noted the titles of the letters and the numbers of the testimonies, so that wherever, or whichever, testimony you seek, you may find it very easily through the canon under which they are placed. The canons themselves have their own numbers, written in red—that is, ninety canons for the fourteen letters—and you will find these numbers marked above, throughout the whole text of Scripture, on the testimonies that fit them, namely at the place from which a few words seemed necessary for each canon. Why a canon does not contain the whole testimony, notice with careful attention: the testimonies consist of many verses, but the canons of few words, because a few words are always brought forward when answering. And so it happens that with some testimonies only the beginning agrees with the canon under which they are placed, with others the middle, with some the end, and often the whole. And for that reason you will find the numbers of two or three or more canons marked in red above a single testimony, as I said, yet at the place from which a few words seem necessary for each. I want you to understand that I have worked hard at this so that I might faithfully make plain the content of the Scriptures, being an enemy to no one, and so that the minds of those in error might be corrected more quickly, as you asked. Farewell in Christ!

God is true; the Spirit too is God; and he is the God of the ages, possessing immortality, invisible, dwelling in inaccessible light, King also and Lord, whose image and firstborn is Christ, in whom is found not "yes and no," but only "yes." Rom. 18. 2 Cor. 6. 18. 22. Col. 5. 1 Tim. 5. (11.) 28. 29. Titus 1. Heb. 1. 11. 18. 19.

Which things are discordant and hostile to one another in their motion and fruits; for there is a crooked nation, and also perdition having its own son. Rom. 54. 2 Cor. 28. 34. Gal. 30. 31. Eph. 30. Phil. 12. 2 Thess. 4. Heb. 23.

That there are two kinds of spirits, one of God, the other of the world, leading to errors. Rom. 54. 55. 56. 58. 59. 1 Cor. (6.) 11. 12. 72. 2 Cor. 19. Gal. 30. 1 Tim. 15. 2 Tim. 5.

That there are two wisdoms, one of God, the other of men or of the flesh. Rom. 54 (55.) 1 Cor. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 12. 18. 2 Cor. 3. 1 Thess. 2. Col. 15.

That many are called gods, and that the belly is the god of some, and also the spirits of this air and the powers of darkness, and the elements of the world. 1 Cor. 47. 48. 2 Cor. 22. Gal. 17. 20. Eph. 6. Phil. 20. Col. (4.) 15. 22. Heb. 9.

That sins, or demons, are called by the apostle darkness or works of darkness. Rom. 101. Eph. 30. Col. 4.

That it belongs to the foolish and fleshly or doubtful to think or feel crudely about the deity. Rom. 8. 9. (54.) 1 Cor. 13. 14. 2 Cor. 3. 5. Heb. 9.

That all things are from God and in God, who works all things, and that every fatherhood is named from him, and that all things were founded through Christ. Rom. 91. 104. 1 Cor. 47. Eph. 2. 3. 13. 14. 16. 17. Col. 5. 6. 7. 16. 17. Heb. 1. 5.

That wisdom and grace and blessing are spiritual gifts, and that his invisible things are clearly seen, being understood through the things that have been made. Rom. 3. 4. 6. 7. 2 Cor. 46. Eph. 2. Col. 3. Heb. 3.

That the judgments of God are unsearchable and his ways inscrutable; likewise also the riches of Christ and his manifold wisdom. Rom. 64. 91. 2 Cor. 46. Eph. 2. (12. 13.) Col. 3.

That the things that are seen are temporal, but the things that are not seen are eternal; and therefore those who hope only in this life are more miserable than all men. Rom. 64. 1 Cor. 6. 7. 10. 43. 44. 62. 84. 2 Cor. (29). 37. 38.

That Christ took the likeness of sinful flesh in his ministry, in whom are the treasures of wisdom, who made both one, and, ascending on high, led captivity captive; and whom the apostle said he no longer knew according to the flesh. Rom. 53. (n. Cor.) 32. Eph. 8. 18. (19.) 34. Phil. 8. 9. Col. 8. 10. 12. (13.) Heb. 7. 8. 9. 11. 13. 15. 17. 18. 21.

That Christ, who died for us in the flesh, the same man and God, is the mediator of God and men. Rom. 34. 35. (36.) 38. 40. 47. 1 Cor. 81. 86. 87. 1 Thess. 17. 1 Tim. 9. Heb. 4. 13. 14. 15. 24.

That Christ is the foundation of the apostolic faith, who is the cornerstone and our head, from whom the whole body grows and in whom those who believe the gospel are built up. 1 Cor. 15. 16. 2 Cor. 22. 23. Eph. 10. 21. Col. 8. 14. (21.). 2 Tim. 15. Heb. 12.

That the mystery once hidden from the sons of men has now been made manifest to the saints through the apostle, and that Christ is called wisdom, which none of the rulers of this world knew. 1 Cor. (9.) 10. Eph. 2. 11. 13. Col. 10. (13.)

That Christ the Son of God is the image of the power and wisdom of the Father, and that in him the fullness of the deity dwells bodily, he alone knowing no sin in the flesh; but every man is a liar. Rom. 2. 5. 18. 19. 1 Cor. 5. 8. 2 Cor. 32. Col. 5 Heb. 1. 8. 12.

That the man Christ is named God and Lord by the apostle, and that he is said to have been made not in his divinity but of the seed of David and of a woman. Rom. 1. 70. 1 Cor. 90. Gal. 1. 4. 5. 18. 19. 1 1 Tim. Titus 10. Heb. 1. 2. 3. 4.

That Christ is our peace, and therefore on his cross, dissolving the enmities, he blotted out the handwriting that was against us, the dividing wall having been destroyed. 2 Cor. 32. Eph. 9. 39. Col. 6. 7. 8. 19. Heb. 21.

That Christ, not unwillingly but by his own will, fulfilled the will of the Father in his passion, humbling himself to death. Rom. 66. Gal. 2. 10. Eph. 27. Phil. 9. 1 Tim. 9. Titus 10. Heb. 26.

That the heavenly Jerusalem is free, and that we are counted in the seed according to the promises made to Isaac, and that Christ is the head and fullness of the church. (Rom. 72.) Gal. 25. 26. Eph. 5. 13. (33.) 35. Col. 6. 9. Heb. 20. 24. 26.

That the Spirit of God searches all things and knows even the depths of God, which only the spiritual understand and speak, judging all things; they themselves are judged by no one, and will go to meet Christ. 1 Cor. 11. 12. 13. 77. Eph. 4. 14. 20.

That sin brings death and reduces the soul to slavery. Rom. (37. 39.) 43. 44. 45. 46. 47. Eph. 6. 7. Col. 18. 2 Tim. 7.

That ignorance is darkness, but knowledge is light in the Lord, and each has its own children. 1 Cor. 79. Eph. 22. 30. 1 Thess. 16. 17. Col. 4. Heb. (8.) 9.

That God before the ages predestined to our glory wisdom hidden in a mystery—namely, the glory of those whom he chose before the foundation of the world. Rom. 65. 1 Cor. 9. Gal. 18. 19. Eph. 2. 3. 2 Thess. 5. Col. 10. 2 Tim. 6. 7. Titus 1. Heb. [?]

That it is of the grace and mercy of God that those who hear believe and those who believe are saved, but that dullness or hardening comes from sin to those who do not believe; and that the Gentiles have been grafted, contrary to nature, into the grace of God, since from him and through him and in him are all things. Rom. 73. 74. 82. 84. 85. 86. 87. 88. 89. 91. 1 Cor. 22. 33. 37. (47.) 72. 73. Eph. 1. 3. 7. Phil. 11. Col. 10. 2 Tim. 6. 17. Titus 12. Heb. 6. 7. 28.

That sin and death came through Adam to all men, and that death reigned from Adam to Moses. Rom. 37. 38. 39. 1 Cor. 86.

That evil conversations corrupt good morals, and that questions and disputes subvert rather than edify the hearers. 1 Cor. (46. 62.) 91. Eph. 39. Col. (14.) 15. 1 Tim. 27. 2 Tim. 14. 17. 20.

That the desire of sinning, that is, the will of the flesh, which by long habit is now called a law and a nature, is always opposed to the holy will. Rom. 48. 49. 50. (51. 53.) 61. 62. 63. 64. 74. 122. 124. 2 Cor. 11. 12. 48. 55. Gal. 30. Eph. (6.) 38. 1 Thess. (6.) 7. (8.) 1 Tim. 12. 2 Tim. 16. 17.

That the flesh and its wisdom are hostile to God and always stand apart from God and from all good. Rom. 50. 51. 54. 55. 57. 1 Cor. 95. 2 Cor. 39. Gal. 30. 34. Eph.

That through the Spirit of God dwelling in us our mortal bodies are given life. Rom. 56. Phil. 23. 1 Thess. (14.) 22.

That the new man is the inner man, whose image is heavenly, since he is formed in the image of God and is reformed by the grace of God and the light of knowledge, and, as a treasure set in an earthen vessel, is clothed with compassion, faith, and love. 1 Cor. 94. 2 Cor. 24. Eph. 14. 23. 24. Col. 27. 28. Heb. 18. 19. 20. 25.

That the old man is the outer man, who is corrupted and in whom the body of sin is destroyed, and who is called by the apostle an earthly house and an earthen vessel. Rom. 41. 2 Cor. 24. 27. 29. Eph. 23. 26. Col. 27.

That the bodies of the saints are temples of God or of the Holy Spirit and members of Christ, and therefore ought always to be a living and pleasing sacrifice, and ought to abstain from every work of the flesh, from whispering and vain talk and other sins; and that virgins should remain so, according to the apostle's counsel. Rom. 92. (101.) 1 Cor. 17. 28. 33. 34. 35. 36. 37. (40.) 41. (43.) 45. 58. 2 Cor. 35. 49. (59.) Eph. 28. Phil. 24. (25.) 1 Thess. 11. Col. 25.

That the saints crucify their flesh with its vices and lusts, glorying in the cross of Christ, through whom they have died to the world and its works. Gal. 32. 36. Col. 22. 23. Titus 9.

That when some abstain from meat and wine, they ought neither to be judged by others nor themselves judge others, because to the pure all things are pure, and because food and drink commend no one. "For God," he says, "will destroy both it and them." Rom. 102. 103. 106. 107. 108. 109. 110. 1 Cor. 32. 49. 61. 53. 66. Col. 20. Titus 4. Heb. 26.

That wine is the whole cause of luxury, and therefore one should abstain from it, since he allows it to be used only for infirmity, and that in moderation. Rom. 108. Eph. 32. 1 Tim. (23.) 24.

That through blessed voluntary poverty the righteous reject avarice, the root of all evils, content with daily provision and sufficient clothing, supplied to themselves through godliness. 1 Cor. 28. Eph. 22. 28. Col. 25. 1 Tim. 27. 28. Heb. 18. 26.

That the warfare, weapons, enemies, and struggle or battle of the righteous are spiritual, whose citizenship is in heaven, from which they also await Christ the Lord. Rom. 101. 2 Cor. 46. Eph. 38. 39. 40. Phil. 20. 1 Thess. 10. 17. 2 Tim. 10. Heb. 11.

That the teacher's work is reading and the preaching of the gospel, in which the apostle laboured night and day. 1 Cor. 101. Phil. 15. 1 1 Thess. [?] 2 Thess. 9. 1 Tim. 17. 18. 2 Tim. 6. 18. 19. 20. 21. 23.

That one should persevere in psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs, and in prayers, both for one another and for kings and all men. Rom. 3. 96. 119. 2 Cor. 2. 60. Eph. 4. 32. 41. Phil. 1. 23. 2 Thess. 3. 6. Col. 3. 29. 32. 1 Tim. 8. 2 Tim. 2.

That the apostle became all things to all men, so as to win all, and in this way pleased all; and that he must be imitated, so that Christians may shine like lights among others in their way of life, and their work should be like their word. Rom. 96. 97. 1 Cor. 57. 63. 64. 2 Cor. 21. 31. 33. 42. 47. Eph. 15. 31. Phil. 12. 22. 1 Thess. 10. 13. (2 Thess. 5. 9.) Col. 33. 1 Tim. 17. Titus 7.

That if anyone receives unworthily the body and blood of Christ—which is the great mystery of godliness, manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit—he is guilty of that body and blood. 1 Cor. 61. 69. 1 Tim. 13. 14. Heb. 18. 19.

That both the apostle and those for whom he gave thanks were full of knowledge and faith and the fragrance of holiness. Rom. 3. 114. 1 Cor. 1. 64. 2 Cor. 4. 13. 14. Phil. 10. (25.) 1 Thess. 2. Heb. 18. 19.

That through the manifold grace of the Holy Spirit spiritual gifts have been distributed to the saints as was fitting, and therefore each should remain in the calling in which he was called, and those lower should give honour to those who work with the gospel. Rom. 93. 94. 1 Cor. (40.) 73. (103.) 2 Cor. 60. Eph. 17. 1 Thess. 18. 19. Heb. 3. »

That a bishop ought to be blameless, and all the clergy peaceable, fleeing youthful desires, keeping the commandment, approving what is better, correcting the erring, teaching what is useful; and that older men and widows ought to be likewise. 1 Thess. (20.) 21. Col. 11. 12. 1 Tim. 13. 18. 19. 23. 28. 29. 2 Tim. 16. 17. (21.) Titus 2. 5. 13.

That churchmen ought not to go to public courts for their own defence, but only to church courts; that they should judge nothing unjustly and prove a matter by the testimony of two or three, because the saints will judge the world and angels. Rom. 98. 1 Cor. 30. 2 Cor. 59. (60.). 1 Thess. 11. 1 Tim. (21.) 22. 25.2 Tim. 21. Titus 10. Heb. 18.

That those stronger in faith ought to suffer with the weaker, considering themselves, lest they too be tempted. Rom. 111. 2 Cor. 10. 11. Gal. 33. 1 Thess. 18. 19. 20. Heb. (8.) 25.

That in the orders of the church God chose first apostles, second prophets, third teachers. 1 Cor. 73. 74. 77. 78. 79. Eph. 11. 1 Thess. 21. 1 Tim. 6.

That every good is to be chosen, and brotherly love preferred to all virtues; that time is to be redeemed, and peace and humility pursued by Christians. Rom. 95. 96. 97. 100. 107. 1 Cor. 2. 74. 76. 103. Gal. 29. Eph. 15. 21. 22. 31. Phil. 7. 1 Thess. 12. 20. 21. 2 Thess. 1. Col. 28. 1 Tim. 3. Heb. 9. 23. 25.

That those are to be avoided who do not live according to the apostle's tradition but rather serve their own belly; they will be very wicked in the last times. Rom. 123. 1 Cor. 77. 2 Thess. (5.) 8. 10. 1 Tim. 15. 2 Tim. 18. 22. Heb. (18.) 26.

That those who judge others while doing worse themselves sin more gravely, or at least that those who in any way consent to sinners are sharers of those who sin. Rom. 10. 11. 12. 1 Cor. 26. 27. 28. 29. 2 Cor. 59. Tim. n.15

That there have been or will be false apostles and false prophets, through whom come sects, and that Satan transforms himself into an angel of light. Rom. 5. 6. 8. 9. 1 Cor. 2. 14. 68. 69. 105. 2 Cor. 14. 20. 46. 50. 62. 53. Gal. 3. 8. 21. 22. 28. (32.) Phil. 4. 16. 20. Col. 21. 1 Tim. 2. 31. Titus 3. 5. 14.

That many vain talkers have departed from the apostles, through whom heresies have arisen for error. 1 Tim. 3. 7. (15.) 2 Tim. 6. 8. 16. 25.

That he commends those who labour with him in the gospel and all who preside, whose names, as he says, are written in the book of life. Phil. (5.) 13. 15. 21. 1 Thess. 7. (18.) Col. 34. 1 Tim. 21. Phlm. 5. Heb. 28.

That believers are saved and justified not through the law but through faith in Christ and confession, being free of the yoke of slavery and of the difference of the sexes. Rom. 26. 27. 34. 78. 79. 81. 110. 2 Cor. 36. Gal. 10. 11. 15. 16. (27.) Eph. 9. 22. Heb. 7. 18. 19. 22.

That he commands the people to be subject to the authorities and to work with their own hands; that they should love their wives, children, and servants, and servants their masters; and that women should be silent in the church and not presume to teach. Rom. 99. 103. 1 Cor. 33. 86. 37. 88. 39. 40. 42. 43. 45. 46. 48. 49. 50. 62. 66. 68. 71. 72. 79. Eph. 25. 26. 27. 33. 34. 36. 87. 1 Thess. 18. Col. 30. 31. 1 Tim. 19. 26. 30. Titus 5. 6. 8. 11. Heb. 25.

That he commands the incontinent to marry, and that the woman is to be saved through the bearing of children. 1 Cor. 87. 43. 44. 45. 1 Tim. 12. 19. Heb. 25.

That believers are justified by deeds, not by words only; "for the kingdom of God," he says, "is not in word but in power." Rom. 14. 15 16. 17. 18. 19. 1 Cor. 25. 39. 1 Thess. 2. Heb. 18.

That Christ is the head of the man, and the man of the woman; that one ought always to pray without anger and disputing; and that women ought to be adorned not with necklaces but with their conduct. 1 Cor. 65. 66. 70. 1 Tim. 11. 12. 19.

That the apostle gives thanks to those who are ready for almsgiving, exhorting others to this work. Rom. (94.) 118. 120. 138. 1 Cor. 99. 103. 2 Cor. 40. 41. 44. Phil. 26. 2 Tim. 9. 11. 15. Titus 15. Heb. 25. 27.

That the apostle bears witness to the good life of certain laymen and to their faith and kindness, because they refreshed either him or the poor among the saints. (Rom. 118.) 2 Cor. 39. 1 Thess. 6. 9. 2 Thess. 1. 7. Col. 1. 2 Tim. 3. Phlm. 2. Heb. 19.

That Paul reproaches the avarice of some, saying that he preached the gospel to them so as not to burden them; yet those who serve the altar ought to live from it, as a soldier from his pay. 1 Cor. 54. 56. 2 Cor. 51. 58. 1 1 Tim. 30.

That certain people laid down their necks for the apostle, to whom not only he but all the churches give thanks, and who even received churches in their own houses. Rom. 121. 1 Cor. 104. Col. 34. Phlm. 1.

That those who pursue the righteousness of the law are ignorant of the righteousness of God, which has been given through Christ; for it was impossible for those serving the law to take away their own sins. Rom. 20. 21. 22. 53. 66. 68. 71. 75. 76. 77. 78. 80. 84. Gal. 15. Phil. 17. 18. 19. Heb. 12. 16. (17.)

That the apostle says there are two laws, one through Moses, which is fleshly, the other through faith and the grace of Christ, which is spiritual; destroying the former because it does not justify, and establishing the latter because it saves and sanctifies. Rom. (21.) 23. 25. 81. 32. 33. 34. 37. 38. 39. 43. 44. 47. 48. 49. 50. 52. 54. 57. 59. 77. 1 Cor. 97. 2 Cor. 16. 17. 19. Gal. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15. 16. 17. 20. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 30. 1 Tim. 2. 3. Titus 3. 18. Heb. 11. 12.

That in the Jewish law there is a curse, from which Christ frees us, having himself become a curse. Rom. 31. Gal. 12. 13.

That by the spiritual circumcision of the heart in Christ the apostle destroys that shameful circumcision of the law. Rom. 16. 17. 23. 24. 27. 28. Gal. 27. 28. 35. 37. Eph. 7. 8. Phil. 16. 17. Col. 16. 17.

That the things done or written in the old testament happened as a figure of us. Rom. 33. 34. 74. 112. 113. 1 Cor. 59. 60. Heb. 16.

That the apostle sets before the Jews the faith of Abraham to imitate, proving that believers are justified not by the works of the law but by works of faith, and he calls them the Israel of God. Rom. (20.) 26. 28. 29. 30. (32.) 33. 34. 72. Gal. (10.) 16. 30. Heb. 11. 20. (25.)

That the Gentiles ought not to glory over the fall of the Jews; for God wills all men to be saved, shutting up all under sin so as to have mercy on all; who reconciled us to himself through Christ; "for God," he says, "was in Christ reconciling the world to himself." Rom. 79. 87. 88. 89. 90. 2 Cor. 32. 1 Tim. 9. 16. Heb. 14.

That although he accuses himself of having been a persecutor of the churches and calls himself the least of the apostles, yet he confesses that he was caught up to the third heaven, where without doubt he was instructed in the gospel, which he says he was taught not by man but by Christ, through the revelation of the Spirit. 1 Cor. 82. 2 Cor. 1. 64. 57. Gal. (5.) 6. Eph. 11. (12.) Phil. 17. 1 Tim. 3. 4. (5.) 2 Tim. 6. Titus 12.

That the same apostle says that he received from God the grace of apostleship, and that Christ speaks and works in him, and that those who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God, heirs indeed of God and fellow heirs of Christ. Rom. 2. 58. 59. 116. 2 Cor. 6. 7. 13. 23. 60. 1 Thess. 3. 11. Col. 11. 2 Tim. 7. Heb. 5. 10. 11.

That he preached the gospel where none of the apostles had been, and that he was sent by Christ to evangelize. Rom. 117. 1 Cor. 8. 2 Cor. 12. 22. 48. Gal. 6. Eph. 12.

That he did nothing less than the other apostles, either in preaching or in signs; "for even if I am unskilled in speech," he says, "yet not in knowledge." Rom. 115. 116. 117. 1 Cor. 14. 82. 2 Cor. 50. Phil. 3. 11. 12. 19. 1 Thess. 4.

That he is the apostle of the Gentiles, to whom he preaches the gospel; and that, coming to Antioch, he rebuked Peter; and that James and John gave him and Barnabas the right hands of fellowship. Rom. 4. 86. 87. 115. Gal. 7. (8.) 9. Eph. 11. 12. 1 Tim. 10. 2 Tim. 6. 7. 26.

That he had Timothy as colleague and Epaphroditus as fellow apostle and fellow soldier, and other helpers or ministers. Rom. 115. (125.).1 Cor. 81. 101. 2 Cor. 12. 15. 41. 43. Eph. 16. Phil. 14. Col. 1. 2. 34. 2 Tim. 4. 25. Phlm. 1. Heb. 28.

That he calls sons those whom he was instilling with the knowledge of the truth, among whom, using the power of apostolic authority, he rejoices over those whom he had grieved to repentance. 1 Cor. 24. 25. 52. 55. 2 Cor. 8. 9. 26. 28. 36. 38. 45. 46. 47. 61. Gal. 23. Phil. 2. 1 Thess. 4. Col. 12. (2 Tim. 18.) Phlm. 8. 4.

That he was sent by Christ to preach rather than to baptize, and that we are buried with Christ in baptism, so that, having become sons of God, we may walk in newness of life, heirs indeed of God and fellow heirs of Christ. Rom. 40. (59.) 1 Cor. 3. Eph. 2. 34. (Col. 17.) Titus 12. Heb. 9. 11. 18.

That because of the immensity of their sins wicked men are handed over to worse passions; and that the creation was subjected not willingly; and that no other creature separates us from the love of Christ; and that the gospel has been preached to the creation. Rom. 9. 61. 63. 68. 68. 100. Col. 5. 9. 1 Tim. 15. Heb. 18.

That he said he knows in part and prophesies in part and sees through a mirror the things that are to come, running toward the prize of the upward calling of God. 1 Cor. 75. Phil. 19.

That Christians ought to rejoice in sufferings, knowing that what they believe is a gift of God; for to suffer for Christ will be an eternal reward. Rom. 85. 60. 68. 1 Cor. 23. 24. 100. 2 Cor. 2. 25. 33. 87. 52. 58. 56. 57. Gal. 38. Phil. 5. 6. 1 Thess. 6. 7. 2 Thess. 1. 6. Col. 9. 2 Tim. 13. 18. 19. 24. 26. Heb. 19. 21. 22. 28.

That the bodies of the saints in the general resurrection are to be clothed with different brightnesses according to their merits, where flesh and blood, that is, the works of the belly and of lust, will no longer reign. 1 Cor. 92. 93. 94. 95. 96. Heb. 21.

That Christ is the firstfruits of the resurrection, then those who are his; and that he now sits above every principality and power, placed at the right hand of the Father. Rom. 40. 41. 4-2. 67. 68. 1 Cor. 33. 88. 85. 86. 87. 89. 91. 92. 2 Cor. 26. Eph. 5. Phil. 18. 1 Thess. 14. 2 Tim. 12. Heb. 2. 4. 13. 21.

That he says those still in the body have risen in baptism, who, dead to sin, have been made alive together with Christ and seek the things that are above, not those on earth. Rom. 39. (40.) 42. 43. 48. Eph. 7. Col. 16. 17. 23. 24.

That the judgment of God will be with Christ as righteous judge, where each will receive according to his works, conscience giving account even of thoughts, and those guilty of all crimes will undergo the examination of God the judge. Rom. 12. (13.) 15. 105. 1 Cor. 20. 21. 31. 2 Cor. 30. Eph. 37. 1 Tim. 25. 2 Tim. 21. 24.- Heb. (24.) 25.

That those who do not honour God are dishonoured by God and left to their own desires, to be judged more severely. Rom. 9. 10. 29. 1 Cor. 27. 70. Gal. 33. 34. 2 Thess. 2. Col. 31. Heb. 18.

That before the day of judgment the son of sin will come, who is understood as the Antichrist. 2 Thess. 4.

That the judgment at the end of the world will be by fire, which he also calls wrath; which day, at the coming of Jesus from heaven, will come like a thief upon the sons of disobedience and on all ungodliness. Rom. 6. 13. 1 Cor. 16. Eph. 29. Phil. 20. 1 Thess. 3. 4. 15. 16. 2 Thess. 2. Col. 26. Heb. 18. 25.

That the present happiness of this world is to be spurned not only as brief but as harmful and malicious, and that its wisdom is folly—among which things, he says, we too once lived; and that the last enemy, death, is to be destroyed, when the righteous have obtained from the Lord vengeance on those who now afflict them. Rom. 92. 1 Cor. 18. 43. 70. 88. 2 Cor. 38. Gal. 2. Eph. 6. 2 Thess. (1.) 2. Heb. 10. 19.

That the righteous will reign for ever with God the Father and Christ, where the body will no longer be subject to corruption. Rom. (41. 42.) 46. 47. (62.) 1 Cor. 89. (93.) 95. 96. 97. 98. (99.) 2 Cor. 29. Gal. 30. 34. Eph. 5. 6. 7. 2 Thess. 5. 1 Tim. 29. Titus 9. (12.) Heb. (11.) 12.