1 Corinthians 15:16

For, if the dead will not arise, the Messiah also hath not risen.

James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta

In The King James Version

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

In Context

15And we too are found false witnesses of God; for we have testified concerning God, that he raised up the Messiah, when he did not raise him up.

17And if the Messiah rose not, your faith is inane; and ye are yet in your sins:

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:4and that he was buried and arose on the third day, as it is written:

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 →

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