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1 Corinthians 15:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised. "
1 Corinthians 15:13
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11 Whether then it is I or they, so we preach, and so you believed.
12 Now if Christ is preached, that he has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
14 If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
15 Yes, we are also found false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that he raised up Christ, whom he didn’t raise up if it is true that the dead are not raised.
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1 Corinthians 15:1
"Now I declare to you, brothers, the Good News which I preached to you, which also you received, in which you also stand,"
1 Corinthians 15:2
"by which also you are saved, if you hold firmly the word which I preached to you—unless you believed in vain."
1 Corinthians 15:3
"For I delivered to you first of all that which I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,"
1 Corinthians 15:4
"that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,"
1 Corinthians 15:5
"and that he appeared to Cephas, then to the twelve."
1 Corinthians 15:6
"Then he appeared to over five hundred brothers at once, most of whom remain until now, but some have also fallen asleep."
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