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What the Fathers say
Eastern Fathers
John Chrysostom
"But every man in his own order." For do not, because thou hearest of a resurrection, imagine that all enjoy the same benefits. Since if in the punishment all will not suffer alike but the difference is great; much more where there are sinners and righteous men shall the separation be yet wider. "Christ the first-fruits, then they that are Christ's;" i.e., the faithful and the approved.
Theophylact of Ohrid
Christ became the firstfruits and the path of resurrection. After Him, those who belong to Him, that is, the faithful and pleasing to Him, will rise before the rest, when He descends from heaven (this is what "at His coming" means), for it is just that the righteous have some precedence even in the resurrection itself. Since they will be caught up in the air to meet the Lord (1 Thess. 4:17), they will rise first. Meanwhile, sinners, as the condemned, will wait below for the Judge. …
Western Saints
Ambrose of Milan
The fruit of divine mercy is common to all, but the order of merit differs.
Thomas Aquinas
933. – But each in his own order. Here he shows the order of the resurrection. First, he gives the order itself; secondly, he exhibits what he had said (v. 23). 934. – Therefore I say that it is true that in Christ shall all be made alive, but differently, because there will be a difference between head and members, and a difference as to the good and the evil. And therefore he says that each will rise in his own order, namely in dignity: "Those that exist have been instituted by God" (Rom 13:1). 935. …
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