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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"That, whether we wake or sleep, we should live together with Him. Wherefore exhort one another, and build each other up, even as also ye do." And again, "whether we wake or sleep"; by sleep there he means one thing, and here another. For here, "whether we sleep" signifies the death of the body; that is, fear not dangers; though we should die, we shall live. Do not despair because thou art in danger. Thou hast a strong security. He would not have given His Son if He had not been inflamed by vehement love for us. …
Western Saints
Thomas Aquinas
Who died for us, that is, He redeemed us by dying for us. "The righteous died for the unrighteous, that he might bring us to God, being put to death in the flesh but made alive in the spirit" (1 Pet. 3:18). And the manner of attaining salvation is also through Him, for Christ taught us this while working for our salvation, which He achieved by dying and rising again. "Who was put to death for our trespasses and raised for our justification" (Rom. 4:25). And so Paul says: so that whether we wake or sleep, we might live with him. …
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