15. Then, too, we would be found to be false witnesses of God, because we would have given testimony against God, saying that he had raised up Christ, when he had not raised him up, if, indeed, the dead do not rise again.
16. For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again.
17. But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.
18. Then, too, those who have fallen asleep in Christ would have perished.
19. If we have hope in Christ for this life only, then we are more miserable than all men.
20. But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.