📖WEB · 1 Corinthians 15:16
What does 1 Corinthians 15:16 mean?
"For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised."
— 1 Corinthians 15:16 (World English Bible)
Surrounding context
But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up, if it is so that the dead are not raised.
For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.
If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.
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