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 has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
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Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised.
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For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;
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and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins.
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It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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