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Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

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Greek original

Translations

Louis Segond 1910

Heureux et saints ceux qui ont part à la première résurrection! La seconde mort n'a point de pouvoir sur eux; mais ils seront sacrificateurs de Dieu et de Christ, et ils régneront avec lui pendant mille ans.

KJV

Blessed and holy [is] he that hath part in the first resurrection: on such the second death hath no power, but they shall be priests of God and of Christ, and shall reign with him a thousand years.

Patristic reading

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  • Eusebius of Caesarea

    Historia Ecclesiastica

    ωνὰς ἤδη πρότερον παρατέθειμαι, ἐν τῇ φερομένη αὐτοῦ ζητήσει ταῦτα περὶ αὐτοῦ γράφει· Rev. 1, 2.22,8 Rev.20. 4–6 Rev. 21, 2 . 10. 22, 1. 2. 14. 17 “Ἀλλὰ καὶ Κήρινθος ὁ δι’ ἀποκαλύψεων ὡς ὑπὸ ἀποστόλου μεγάλου γεγραμμένων τερατολογίας ἡμῖν ὡς δι’ ἀγγέλων αὐτῷ δεδειγμένας ψευδόμενο…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    For the Catholic faith

    second death has no power: but they will be priests of God and of Christ, and will reign with him" (Revelation 20:6). In the same book, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the beginning and the end. To the thirsty I will give from the fountain of the water of life without payment. The…
  • Fulgentius of Ruspe

    On the Remission of Sins Book Two

    nd holy is the one who shares in the first resurrection; over these, the second death has no power" (Revelation 20:6). In the same book, it is also said: "The one who conquers will not be hurt by the second death" (Revelation 2:11). Just as the first resurrection consists of the…

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