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.
Related Verses
“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
“For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:”
“But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:”
“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.”
“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?”