Confession of Faith: Chapter XXXII - Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead

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The bodies of men, after death, return to dust and see corruption:⁵⁶⁶ but their souls (which neither die nor sleep) having an immortal subsistence, immediately return to God who gave them:⁵⁶⁷ the souls of the righteous, being then made perfect in holiness, are received into the highest heavens, where they behold the face of God, in light and glory, waiting for the full redemption of their bodies.⁵⁶⁸ And the souls of the wicked are cast into hell, where they remain in torments and utter darkness, reserved to the judgment of the great day.⁵⁶⁹ Beside these two places, for souls separated from their bodies, the Scripture acknowledgeth none.

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Acts 13:36Genesis 3:19

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Luke 23:43Ecclesiastes 12:7

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Hebrews 12:232 Corinthians 5:12 Corinthians 5:62 Corinthians 5:8Philippians 1:23Acts 3:21Ephesians 4:10

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Luke 16:23-241 Peter 3:19Jude 6-7Acts 1:25

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At the last day, such as are found alive shall not die, but be changed:⁵⁷⁰ and all the dead shall be raised up, with the selfsame bodies, and none other, although with different qualities, which shall be united again to their souls for ever.⁵⁷¹

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1 Thessalonians 4:171 Corinthians 15:51-52

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Job 19:26-271 Corinthians 15:42-44

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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.⁵⁷²

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Acts 24:15John 5:28-291 Corinthians 15:43Philippians 3:21

Westminster Confession of Faith

Of the State of Men after Death, and of the Resurrection of the Dead