1 Corinthians 15:16

For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again.

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For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

In Context

15Then, too, we would be found to be false witnesses of God, because we would have given testimony against God, saying that he had raised up Christ, when he had not raised him up, if, indeed, the dead do not rise again.

17But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:4and that he was buried; and that he rose again on the third day, according to the Scriptures;

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 →

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