Question 40

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What benefits do believers receive from Christ at their death?

The souls of believers are at their death made perfect in holiness,^a and do immediately pass into glory;^b and their bodies being still united to Christ,^c do rest in their graves^d till the resurrection.^e

Proofs

Each links to the Scripture index: what else cites the passage.

aHebrews 12:23
b2 Corinthians 5:1, 6, 8; Philippians 1:23; Luke 23:43
c1 Thessalonians 4:14
dIsaiah 57:2
eJob 19:26–27

Commentary

Benjamin Beddome, A Scriptural Exposition of the Baptist Catechism (1752), on this question

Related texts

The Baptist Catechism (modernized, 1695) Q. 40
Westminster Larger Catechism (1647) Q. 86
Westminster Shorter Catechism (1647) Q. 37

Side by side, with what differs marked: The Shorter Catechism and the Baptist Catechism

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