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V.1747
1747 This fragment is
found in Irenæus, Hær., v. 36; but it is a mere guess that the
saying of the presbyters is taken from the work of Papias.
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As the
presbyters say, then1748
1748 In
the future state. | those who are deemed worthy of an abode in
heaven shall go there, others shall enjoy the delights of Paradise, and
others shall possess the splendour of the city;1749
for everywhere the Saviour will be seen, according as they shall be
worthy who see Him. But that there is this distinction between the
habitation of those who produce an hundred-fold, and that of those who
produce sixty-fold, and that of those who produce thirty-fold; for the
first will be taken up into the heavens, the second class will dwell in
Paradise, and the last will inhabit the city; and that on this account
the Lord said, “In my Father’s house are many
mansions:”1750 for all things belong to
God, who supplies all with a suitable dwelling-place, even as His word
says, that a share is given to all by the Father,1751
1751 Commentators suppose that the reference
here is to Matt. xx. 23. | according as
each one is or shall be worthy. And this is the couch1752 in which they shall recline who feast, being invited to the
wedding. The presbyters, the disciples of the apostles, say that this is
the gradation and arrangement of those who are saved, and that they
advance through steps of this nature; and that, moreover, they ascend
through the Spirit to the Son, and through the Son to the Father; and
that in due time the Son will yield up His work to the Father, even as it
is said by the apostle, “For He must reign till He hath put all
enemies under His feet. The last enemy that shall be destroyed is
death.”1753 For in the times of the kingdom
the just man who is on the earth shall forget to die. “But when He
saith all things are put under Him, it is manifest that He is excepted
which did put all things under Him. And when all things shall be subdued
unto Him, then shall the Son also Himself be subject unto Him that put
all things under Him, that God may be all in all.”1754
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