“And again he establishes it all, and takes it up again, saying, "For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised." For had He not intended to do this, He would not have come into the world. And he names not this, but the end, to wit, His resurrection; through it drawing all things.”
John Chrysostom, 5th c. — Homily on 1 Corinthians 39
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16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15Yea, 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.
— 1 Corinthians 15:16 —
17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.