Reference

1 Corinthians 15:16

“For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:”

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

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This verse discusses the resurrection of Christ and the dead in a general sense, but it does not explicitly mention a "future bodily rising at the last day" or a "general resurrection event" as defined by the theme. It is a conditional statement about the logical consequence of the dead not rising, rather than a direct description of the final resurrection event itself.

Final Resurrection

Related Verses

1 Corinthians 15:13

“But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:”

1 Corinthians 15:15

“Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.”

1 Corinthians 15:17

“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”

1 Corinthians 15:14

“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”

1 Corinthians 15:12

“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?”

Thematic Connections

Final Resurrection

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