For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. ] This is a repetition of the argument in ( 1 Corinthians 15:13 ) made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it.
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And if Christ is not raised, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.
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And indeed we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if in truth the dead rise not.
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For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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And if Christ is not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.
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Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.