1 Corinthians 15:17
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
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.
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
Counter-Arguments
The strongest case that this verse does not belong in this theme.
Cross-References
“Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, which according to his abundant mercy hath begotten us again unto a lively hope by the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,”
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
“Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.”
“Who by him do believe in God, that raised him up from the dead, and gave him glory; that your faith and hope might be in God.”