Confession Library / 1689 London Baptist Confession of Faith

Of the State of Man After Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead

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LBCF1689 31.1

The bodies of men after death return to dust, and see corruption; 1 but their souls, which neither die nor sleep, having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them. 2 The souls of the righteous being then made perfect in holiness, are received into paradise,…

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LBCF1689 31.2

At the last day, such of the saints as are found alive, shall not sleep, but be changed; 1 and all the dead shall be raised up with the selfsame bodies, and none other; 2 although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls forever. 3

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LBCF1689 31.3

The bodies of the unjust shall, by the power of Christ, be raised to dishonour; the bodies of the just, by his Spirit, unto honour, and be made conformable to his own glorious body. 1

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