1 Corinthians 15:18
Then also those who slept in Christ have perished.
A Conservative Version
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain. Ye are still in your sins.
19If we are men who have hoped in Christ in this life only, we are of all men more miserable.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:6Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, of whom the greater part remain until now, but some also slept.
1 Thessalonians 4:16Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with a voice of the arch-agent, and with a trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first,
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:13-20
The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16 For if the dead rise not,… Read the whole commentary →