sense in either case is good. According to the former, the meaaing is, that the resurrection of believers will be effected by the power of the Spirit of God ; and according to the latter, that the indwelling of his Spirit is the ground or reason why the bodies of believers should not be left in the grave. The internal evidence is decidedly in favour of the first reading.
It will be remarked, that in this verse, and elsewhere, God is said to have raised up Christ from the dead, whereas, in John 10: 17, 18, the Saviour claims for himself the power of resuming his life. So here (ac- cording to the common reading) we are said to be raised up by the Holy Spirit ; in John 6 : 40, Christ says of the believer, " I will raise him up at the last day ;" and 2 Cor. 4 : 14, and in many other places, the resur- rection of believers is ascribed to God. These passages belong to that numerous class of texts in which the same work is attributed to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit, and which, in connexion with other sources of proof, show conclusively that " these three are one;" and that the persons of the Adorable Trinity concur in all works ad extra.