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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1 Corinthians 15:16 In-Context
14 si autem Christus non resurrexit inanis est ergo praedicatio nostra inanis est et fides vestra
15 invenimur autem et falsi testes Dei quoniam testimonium diximus adversus Deum quod suscitaverit Christum quem non suscitavit si mortui non resurgunt
16 nam si mortui non resurgunt neque Christus resurrexit
17 quod si Christus non resurrexit vana est fides vestra adhuc enim estis in peccatis vestris