1 Corinthians 15:12–23

¹²Now if Christ is preached that he is raised from among the dead, how say some among you that there is not a resurrection of those that are dead? ¹³But if there is not a resurrection of those that are dead, neither is Christ raised: ¹⁴but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also is our preaching, and vain also your faith. ¹⁵And we are found also false witnesses of God; for we have witnessed concerning God that he raised the Christ, whom he has not raised if indeed those that are dead are not raised. ¹⁶For if those that are dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised; ¹⁷but if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. ¹⁸Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are the most miserable of all men.

²⁰(But now Christ is raised from among the dead, first-fruits of those fallen asleep. ²¹For since by man came death, by man also resurrection of those that are dead. ²²For as in the Adam all die, thus also in the Christ all shall be made alive. ²³But each in his own rank: the first-fruits, Christ; then those that are the Christ’s at his coming.