1 Corinthians 15:18
And already have they too who have slept in Meshiha perished.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17and if Meshiha hath not risen, your faith is made void and you are still in your sins.
19And if in this life only we hope in the Meshiha, more miserable are we than all men.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:6and after them, he was seen of more than five hundred brethren together, many of whom survive till now, and some of them have slept.
1 Thessalonians 4:16For our Lord himself with the mandate, and with the voice of the chief of angels, and with the trumpet of Aloha, will come down from heaven, and the dead who are in the Meshiha will arise first;
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 →