1 Corinthians 15:12–23

¹²And if Christ is preached, that out of the dead he hath risen, how say certain among you, that there is no rising again of dead persons? ¹³and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen; ¹⁴and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith, ¹⁵and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise; ¹⁶for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen, ¹⁷and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins; ¹⁸then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish; ¹⁹if in this life we have hope in Christ only, of all men we are most to be pitied.

²⁰And now, Christ hath risen out of the dead—the first-fruits of those sleeping he became, ²¹for since through man is the death, also through man is a rising again of the dead, ²²for even as in Adam all die, so also in the Christ all shall be made alive, ²³and each in his proper order, a first-fruit Christ, afterwards those who are the Christ’s, in his presence,