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title: "Question 37: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? | Westminster Shorter Catechism"
description: "Westminster Shorter Catechism, question 37: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? The souls of believers are, at their death, made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, b"
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# Question 37: What benefits do believers receive from Christ at death? | Westminster Shorter Catechism

The souls of believers are, at their death, made perfect in holiness, and do immediately pass into glory; and their bodies, being still united to Christ, do rest in their graves until the resurrection.

Scripture proofs: Heb. 12:23; 2 Cor. 5:1, 6, 8; Phil. 1:23; Luke 23:43; 1 Thess. 4:14; Isa. 57:2; Job 19:26-27.

Original source: [2026 RPCNA Constitution](https://ctkrp.org/assets/rpcna-constitution-2026.pdf#page=163)

## Related reading

- [Assurance of salvation](https://ctkrp.org/learn/topics/assurance-of-salvation/)
- [Westminster Confession of Faith · Chapter 32: Of the State of Men After Death, And the Resurrection of the Dead](https://ctkrp.org/confession/chapter-32-state-of-men-after-death-and-of-the-resurrection/)
- [Westminster Larger Catechism · Question 82: What is the communion in glory which the members of the invisible Church have with Christ?](https://ctkrp.org/larger-catechism/question-82-what-is-the-communion-in-glory-which-the-members/)
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