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15 Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that He raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up--if in fact the dead do not rise.
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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 do not rise, then Christ is not risen.
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For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17 And if Christ is not risen, your faith is futile; 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 also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have 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 the most pitiable.
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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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