12. We have preached that Christ has been raised from the dead. So how can some of you say that no one rises from the dead?
13. If no one rises from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14. And if Christ has not been raised, what we preach doesn't mean anything. Your faith doesn't mean anything either.
15. More 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.
16. If the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17. And if Christ has not been raised, your faith doesn't mean anything. Your sins have not been forgiven.
18. Those who have died believing in Christ are also lost.
19. Do we have hope in Christ only for this life? Then people should pity us more than anyone else.
20. But Christ really has been raised from the dead. He is the first of all those who will rise.