1 Corinthians 15:13
For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
In Context
14And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is useless, and your faith is also useless.
Cross References
John 11:25Jesus said to her: “I am the Resurrection and the Life. Whoever believes in me, even though he has died, he shall live.
Romans 4:24but also for our sake. For the same shall be reputed to us, if we believe in him who raised up our Lord Jesus Christ from the dead,
Romans 8:23and not only these, but also ourselves, since we hold the first-fruits of the Spirit. For we also groan within ourselves, anticipating our adoption as the sons of God, and the redemption of our body.
2 Corinthians 4:10We ever carry around the mortification of Jesus in our bodies, so that the life of Jesus may also be manifested in our bodies.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.
Hebrews 2:14Therefore, because children have a common flesh and blood, he himself also, in like manner, has shared in the same, so that through death, he might destroy him who held the dominion of death, that is, the devil,
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 →