1 Corinthians 15:18

It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

Weymouth NT (1912)

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 a vain thing--you are still in your sins.

19If in this present life we have a *hope* resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.

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Cross References

1 Corinthians 15:6Afterwards He was seen by more than five hundred brethren at once, most of whom are still alive, although some of them have now fallen asleep.

1 Thessalonians 4:16For the Lord Himself will come down from Heaven with a loud word of command, and with an archangel's voice and the trumpet of God, and the dead in Christ will 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 →

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