1 Corinthians 15:13
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
In Context
14And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Cross References
John 11:25Jesus said to her: I am the resurrection and the life: he that believeth in me, although he be dead, shall live:
Romans 4:24But also for us, to whom it shall be reputed, if we believe in him, that raised up Jesus Christ, our Lord, from the dead,
Romans 8:23And not only it, but ourselves also, who have the firstfruits of the Spirit, even we ourselves groan within ourselves, waiting for the adoption of the sons of God, the redemption of our body.
2 Corinthians 4:10Always bearing about in our body the mortification of Jesus, that the life also of Jesus may be made manifest in our bodies.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.
Hebrews 2:14Therefore because the children are partakers of flesh and blood, he also himself in like manner hath been partaker of the same: that, through death, he might destroy him who had the empire of death, that is to say, 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 →