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1 Corinthians 15:13-19

King James Version (KJV)

“In our prayers we talk to God, in our Bible study God talks to us, and we had better let God do most of the talking.”
— D.L. Moody

Scripture focus

13. But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14. And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain. 15. 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. 16. For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17. And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins. 18. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

1 Corinthians 15:13-19 — KJV

Commentary

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:13

Theological / Devotional

Christ not risen. If a resurrection of the dead is considered to be impossible, and belief in it to be absurd, then it must follow that Christ did not rise from the grave, for the general objection to the resurrection of the dead would apply in His case also. Therefore it is not possible to deny the general resurrection without denying the well-established resurrection of Jesus. This, says Paul, is the inevitable result of denying the resurrection, and involves a denial of Christianity, the removal of the Christian’s hope of eternal life.

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