For to him that is joined to all the living there is hope: for a living dog is better than a dead lion.
To him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for as long as life continues opportunity and expectation continue. The living know that they shall die, while the dead know not anything and have no further awareness of earthly life.
A living dog is better than a dead lion because to be alive, however lowly and despised the condition, is better than to be dead after having been honored and mighty. The advantage lies not in rank but in life itself, since life still holds hope where death holds none.
The dead sleep unconscious in the grave until the resurrection, and do not pass at death to their final reward or punishment. They do not go immediately to heaven or to hell, but remain without knowledge until they are raised.
For this reason life, even in a lowly condition, is to be preserved rather than thrown away, for death ends earthly awareness and usefulness. God does not require unrelenting labor that exhausts the powers and brings about a person's own death.
To him that is joined to all the living there is hope, for as long as life continues opportunity and expectation continue. The living know that they shall die, while the dead know not anything and have no further awareness of earthly life.
A living dog is better than a dead lion because to be alive, however lowly and despised the condition, is better than to be dead after having been honored and mighty. The advantage lies not in rank but in life itself, since life still holds hope where death holds none.
The dead sleep unconscious in the grave until the resurrection, and do not pass at death to their final reward or punishment. They do not go immediately to heaven or to hell, but remain without knowledge until they are raised.
For this reason life, even in a lowly condition, is to be preserved rather than thrown away, for death ends earthly awareness and usefulness. God does not require unrelenting labor that exhausts the powers and brings about a person's own death.