1 Corinthians 15:12-17
Resurrection Essential to the Faith
12 Now if Christ is proclaimed as raised from the dead,(A) how can some of you say, “There is no resurrection of the dead”?(B)
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
14 and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without foundation, and so is your faith.(a)
15 In addition, we are found to be false witnesses(C) about God, because we have testified(D) about God that He raised up Christ—whom He did not raise up if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised.
17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.
Footnotes:
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1 Corinthians 15:14: Or proclamation is useless, and your faith also is useless, or proclamation is empty, and your faith also is empty