1 Corinthians 15:18
And so they which are a sleepe in Christ, are perished.
Geneva Bible 1599
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine: ye are yet in your sinnes.
19If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:6After that, he was seene of more then fiue hudreth brethren at once: whereof many remaine vnto this present, and some also are asleepe.
1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord himselfe shall descende from heauen with a shoute, and with the voyce of the Archangel, and with the trumpet of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise 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 →