1 Corinthians 15:12-19

Expanded Bible

We Will Be Raised from the Dead

¹² Now ·since we preached that Christ was [^Lif Christ is preached as] raised from the dead, why do some of you say that people will not be raised from the dead [^Csome Corinthians denied the resurrection of the body]? ¹³ If ·no one is ever raised [^Lthere is no resurrection] from the dead, then Christ has not been raised. ¹⁴ And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is ·worth nothing [futile; useless; empty], and your faith is ·worth nothing [futile; useless; empty]. ¹⁵ And also, we are ·guilty of lying [^Lfound to be false witnesses] about God, because we testified ·of him [^Lagainst God] that he raised Christ from the dead. But if people are not raised from the dead, then God never raised Christ. ¹⁶ If the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised either. ¹⁷ And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith ·has nothing to it [is futile/useless/empty]; you are still ·guilty of [or a slave to; ^Lin] your sins. ¹⁸ ·And [Consequently; Therefore] those in Christ who have ·already died [^Lfallen asleep; v. 6] ·are lost [have perished]. ¹⁹ If our hope in Christ is for this life only, we should be pitied more than ·anyone else in the world [^Lall people].