1 Corinthians 15:13

13 If no one is ever raised from the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:13

But if there be no resurrection of the dead
If there is no such thing as a resurrection of any, if the thing is not possible, if it never has been, is, or will be true in fact:

then is Christ not risen.
The apostle argues from a general, to a particular; from the general resurrection of the dead, to the particular resurrection of Christ; and from a negation of the one, to a negation of the other; for what does not agree with the whole, does not agree with the part; and what is true of the whole, is true of the part; but if the resurrection of Christ is not true, many are the absurdities that must follow upon it, and which the apostle next enumerates.

1 Corinthians 15:13 In-Context

11 So if I preached to you or the other apostles preached to you, we all preach the same thing, and this is what you believed.

12 Now since we preached that Christ was raised from the dead, why do some of you say that people will not be raised from the dead?

13 If no one is ever raised from the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is worth nothing, and your faith is worth nothing.

15 And also, we are guilty of lying about God, because we testified of him that he raised Christ from the dead. But if people are not raised from the dead, then God never raised Christ.