1 Corinthians 15:18
then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;
Young's Literal Translation
In The King James Version
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
In Context
17and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;
19if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:6afterwards he appeared to above five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain till now, and certain also did fall asleep;
1 Thessalonians 4:16because the Lord himself, in a shout, in the voice of a chief-messenger, and in the trump of God, shall come down from heaven, 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 →