1 Corinthians 15:13
But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:
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But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
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John 11:25Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;
Romans 4:24But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead,
Romans 8:23And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
2 Corinthians 4:10In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
Hebrews 2:14And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
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 →