1 Corinthians 15:18
Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
Douay-Rheims 1899
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:6Then he was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once: of whom many remain until this present, and some are fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:16Then we who are alive, who are left, shall be taken up together with them in the clouds to meet Christ, into the air, and so shall we be always with the Lord.
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 →