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13 If there is no resurrection of 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 proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.
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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
15 We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ—whom he did not raise if it is true that the dead are not raised.
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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 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised.
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17 If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 Then those also who have died in Christ have perished.
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
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If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.
20 But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have died.
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But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came through a human being, the resurrection of the dead has also come through a human being;
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 for as all die in Adam, so all will be made alive in Christ.
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
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