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 be not risen , then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
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Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up , if so be that the dead rise not.
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For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised :
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And if Christ be not raised , your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
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Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished .