For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. ] This is a repetition of the argument in ( 1 Corinthians 15:13 ) made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it.
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and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
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Yea, we are found false witnesses of God; because we witnessed of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead are not raised.
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For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:
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and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
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Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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