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12 But tell me this—since we preach that Christ rose from the dead, why are some of you saying there will be no resurrection of the dead?
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But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either.
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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 all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless.
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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
15 And we apostles would all be lying about God—for we have said that God raised Christ from the grave. But that can’t be true if there is no resurrection of the dead.
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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 And if there is no resurrection of the dead, 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 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost!
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Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.
19 And if our hope in Christ is only for this life, we are more to be pitied than anyone in the world.
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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. He is the first of a great harvest of all 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 So you see, just as death came into the world through a man, now the resurrection from the dead has begun through another man.
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For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.
22 Just as everyone dies because we all belong to Adam, everyone who belongs to Christ will be given new life.
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For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.
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