¹⁷ If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

¹⁹ If for this life only we have hoped in Christ, we are of all men most to be pitied.

²⁰ But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.

⁵⁷ But thanks be to God, who gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.