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1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Worldwide English (New Testament)
1 Corinthians 15:12-20
Worldwide English (New Testament)
12 You have been told that Christ was raised from death. How can some of you say that dead people do not rise again?
13 If dead people do not rise, Christ did not rise.
14 And if Christ did not rise, then what we told you was not true, and what you believe is not true.
15 If this were so, we would have been telling lies about God, because we said that God raised up Christ. He did not raise up Christ if dead people are not raised up.
16 If dead people are not raised, then Christ was not raised either.
17 If Christ was not raised, then what you believe is no good. Your wrong ways have not been forgiven.
18 If that were true, then the people who believed in Christ who have now died, are lost.
19 And if we have hope in Christ for our life in this world only, then we are the most unhappy of all people.
20 But Christ really has been raised from death. He was the first one to rise of all who have died.
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1 Corinthians 15:12-20
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1 Corinthians 15:12-20
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The Resurrection of the Dead
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,(A) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection(B) of the dead?(C) 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,(D) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.(E) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.(F) 18 Then those also who have fallen asleep(G) in Christ are lost. 19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.(H)
20 But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead,(I) the firstfruits(J) of those who have fallen asleep.(K)
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