⁷ Greet Andronicus and Junia, my fellow Jews^[a](A) and fellow prisoners.^(B) They are noteworthy in the eyes of the apostles,^[b] and they were also in Christ before me.

¹⁸ Those, then, who have fallen asleep in Christ^(A) have also perished.

¹⁴ Greet one another with a kiss of love.^(A) Peace^(B) to all of you who are in Christ.^[a]

¹³ Then I heard a voice from heaven saying, ‘Write: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on.’^(A)

‘Yes,’ says the Spirit, ‘so they will rest from their labours, since their works follow them.’

⁵ The rest of the dead did not come to life until the thousand years were completed.

This is the first resurrection.