⁸ Why should any of you consider it incredible that God raises the dead?^(A)

³¹ For he has set a day when he will judge^(A) the world with justice^(B) by the man he has appointed.^(C) He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.”^(D)

³² When they heard about the resurrection of the dead,^(E) some of them sneered, but others said, “We want to hear you again on this subject.”

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)

⁴⁰ but God raised him from the dead^(A) on the third day and caused him to be seen. ⁴¹ He was not seen by all the people,^(B) but by witnesses whom God had already chosen—by us who ate^(C) and drank with him after he rose from the dead. ⁴² He commanded us to preach to the people^(D) and to testify that he is the one whom God appointed as judge of the living and the dead.^(E)

² They were greatly disturbed because the apostles were teaching the people, proclaiming in Jesus the resurrection of the dead.^(A)