Epistles of Ignatius

And that our bodies are to rise again, He shows when He says, “Truly I say to you, that the hour is coming, in which all that are in the graves will hear the voice of the Son of God; and those who hear will live.” And the apostle says, “For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality.” And that we must live soberly and righteously, he shows again when he says, “Do not be deceived: neither adulterers, nor effeminate persons, nor abusers of themselves with mankind, nor fornicators, nor revilers, nor drunkards, nor thieves can inherit the kingdom of God.” And again, “If the dead do not rise, then Christ is not raised; our preaching therefore is in vain, and your faith is also in vain: you are still in your sins. Then those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most miserable. If the dead do not rise, let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.” But if such be our condition and feelings, how shall we differ from donkeys and dogs, who have no care about the future, but think only of eating, and indulging such appetites as follow eating? For they are unacquainted with any intelligence moving within them.