Verse 23
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ’s at his coming.
Ver. 23. At his coming ] As in the meantime their very dust is precious; the dead bodies consumed are not so destroyed, but that there is a substance preserved by a secret influence proceeding from Christ as a head. Hence they are said to be dead in Christ, who by rotting refineth them.
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