¹²We have preached that Christ has been raised from the dead. So how can some of you say that no one rises from the dead? ¹³If no one rises from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. ¹⁴And if Christ has not been raised, what we preach doesn’t mean anything. Your faith doesn’t mean anything either. ¹⁵More than that, we would be lying about God. We have given witness that God raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if the dead are not raised.

¹⁶If the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. ¹⁷And if Christ has not been raised, your faith doesn’t mean anything. Your sins have not been forgiven. ¹⁸Those who have died believing in Christ are also lost.

¹⁹Do we have hope in Christ only for this life? Then people should pity us more than anyone else.

²⁰But Christ really has been raised from the dead. He is the first of all those who will rise.

²¹Death came because of what a man did. Rising from the dead also comes because of what a man did. ²²Because of Adam, all people die. So because of Christ, all will be made alive.

²³But here is the order of events. Christ is the first of those who rise from the dead. When he comes back, those who belong to him will be raised.

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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.