The orthodox Fathers contended, that as the genitive was found in the most ancient copies of the Scriptures then extant, ir should be retained. If the dead are raised by the Holy Ghost, then the Holy Ghost is of the same essence with the Father and the Son, to whom, elsewhere, the resurrection of the dead is referred. This argument is valid, and, other things being equal, is a good reason for retaining the common text. The sense, however, is in either case substantially the same. Because throughout the Scriptures of the Old and New Testaments, what God does in nature or grace, he is said to do by his Spirit.
Passages are too numerous and too familiar to be cited.
On account of the indwelling of the Spirit,' expressing the same general idea under another form. Our souls shall live in happiness and glory, because they are the temples of the Holy Ghost. In the widest sense then it is true, that to be in the Spirit, is to be secure of life and peace. It will be remarked, that in this verse, and elsewhere, God is said to have raised up Christ from the dead, whereas, in John x. 17-18 the Saviour claims for himself the power of resuming his life. He was succeeeded in 1887 by one BB Warfield.