1 Corinthians 15:18
Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
The New Testament, American Bible Union (1865)
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17and if Christ has not risen, your faith is vain; ye 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 15:6after that, he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain until now, but some are fallen asleep.
1 Thessalonians 4:16Because the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God; and the dead in Christ will first rise.
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 →