1 Corinthians 15:18
And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:6Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;
1 Thessalonians 4:16Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life 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 →