¹²If we have told you that Christ has been brought back to life, how can some of you say that coming back from the dead is impossible? ¹³If the dead can’t be brought back to life, then Christ hasn’t come back to life. ¹⁴If Christ hasn’t come back to life, our message has no meaning and your faith also has no meaning. ¹⁵In addition, we are obviously witnesses who lied about God because we testified that he brought Christ back to life. But if it’s true that the dead don’t come back to life, then God didn’t bring Christ back to life. ¹⁶Certainly, if the dead don’t come back to life, then Christ hasn’t come back to life either. ¹⁷If Christ hasn’t come back to life, your faith is worthless and sin still has you in its power. ¹⁸Then those who have died as believers in Christ no longer exist. ¹⁹If Christ is our hope in this life only, we deserve more pity than any other people.

²⁰But now Christ has come back from the dead. He is the very first person of those who have died to come back to life. ²¹Since a man brought death, a man also brought life back from death. ²²As everyone dies because of Adam, so also everyone will be made alive because of Christ. ²³This will happen to each person in his own turn. Christ is the first, then at his coming, those who belong to him ⸤will be made alive⸥.

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1 Corinthians 15:19–20: If in Christ we have hope in this life only, we are of all people most to be pitied. But in fact Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.