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14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
15 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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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 rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet 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 they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
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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 now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.
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But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 For as in Adam all die, even so in Christ shall all be made alive.
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
23 But every man in his own order: Christ the firstfruits; afterward they that are Christ's at his coming.
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But each in turn: Christ, the firstfruits; then, when he comes, those who belong to him.
24 Then cometh the end, when he shall have delivered up the kingdom to God, even the Father; when he shall have put down all rule and all authority and power.
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Then the end will come, when he hands over the kingdom to God the Father after he has destroyed all dominion, authority and power.
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