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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?
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But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If no one is ever raised from the dead, then Christ has not been raised.
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If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is worth nothing, and your faith is worth nothing.
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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
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.
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More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 If the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised either.
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith has nothing to it; you are still guilty of your sins.
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 And those in Christ who have already died are lost.
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 If our hope in Christ is for this life only, we should be pitied more than anyone else in the world.
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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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