Verse (Click for Chapter) New International Version For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either. New Living Translation And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised. English Standard Version For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. Berean Standard Bible For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. Berean Literal Bible For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. King James Bible For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: New King James Version For if the dead do not rise, then Christ is not risen. New American Standard Bible For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised; NASB 1995 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; NASB 1977 For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised; Legacy Standard Bible For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. Amplified Bible For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised, either; Christian Standard Bible For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised. Holman Christian Standard Bible For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised. American Standard Version For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised: Aramaic Bible in Plain English For if those who have died do not live again, not even The Messiah is alive. Contemporary English Version So if the dead won't be raised to life, Christ wasn't raised to life. Douay-Rheims Bible For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again. English Revised Version For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised: GOD'S WORD® Translation Certainly, if the dead don't come back to life, then Christ hasn't come back to life either. Good News Translation For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. International Standard Version For if the dead are not raised, then the Messiah has not been raised, Literal Standard Version for if dead persons do not rise, neither has Christ risen, Majority Standard Bible For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. New American Bible For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, NET Bible For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. New Revised Standard Version For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised. New Heart English Bible For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. Webster's Bible Translation For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: Weymouth New Testament For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen; World English Bible For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised. Young's Literal Translation for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen, Additional Translations ... Audio Bible Context The Resurrection of the Dead…15In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised. 17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.… Cross References 1 Corinthians 15:15 In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised. 1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins. Treasury of Scripture For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: Jump to Previous Christ Dead Either Life Persons Possible Raised Rise RisenJump to Next Christ Dead Either Life Persons Possible Raised Rise Risen1 Corinthians 15 1. By Christ's resurrection,12. he proves the necessity of our resurrection, 16. against all such as deny the resurrection of the body. 21. The fruit, 35. and the manner thereof; 51. and of the resurrection of those who shall be found alive at the last day. (16) For if the dead rise not.--Better, if the dead be not raised. The Apostle has in the previous verse completed the argument as to the historical fact of Christ's resurrection, which proves that the denial of the doctrine of the resurrection cannot be maintained unless it can be shown that the Apostles are wilfully bearing false testimony, and that their preaching, and the faith of those who accepted it, is vain. He now turns to a different line of argument--a reductio ad absurdum. He maintains the doctrine of the resurrection by showing the incredible absurdities to which a belief in the contrary must lead. If you do not believe in a resurrection, you must believe--(1) That Christ is not raised, and that your faith, therefore, being false, has no result--that you are still slaves of sin. This you know by personal experience to be false. As well might a living man try to believe that he is a corpse. (2) That all who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished; that is, that the noblest and most unselfish perish like brutes. (3) That God gives men a good hope in Christ, and that it, not being fulfilled here, is never to be fulfilled. In other words, if there be no resurrection, the only alternative is atheism, for otherwise you have to believe that, though there is a God who is wise and just, yet that the purest and greatest life ever lived is no better in the end than the life of a dog; that those who have lived the most unselfish lives have perished like beasts; and that God aroused a hunger and thirst of the purest kind in some souls, only that the hunger should never be satisfied, and the thirst never be quenched.Verse 16. - This verse is a repetition of Ver. 13, to emphasize the argument that the Christian faith in the Resurrection rests not on philosophic theory, but on an historic fact. Parallel Commentaries ... Greek Forγὰρ (gar) Conjunction Strong's 1063: For. A primary particle; properly, assigning a reason. if Εἰ (Ei) Conjunction Strong's 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc. [the] dead νεκροὶ (nekroi) Adjective - Nominative Masculine Plural Strong's 3498: (a) adj: dead, lifeless, subject to death, mortal, (b) noun: a dead body, a corpse. From an apparently primary nekus; dead. are not raised, ἐγείρονται (egeirontai) Verb - Present Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Plural Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse. then not even οὐδὲ (oude) Adverb Strong's 3761: Neither, nor, not even, and not. From ou and de; not however, i.e. Neither, nor, not even. Christ Χριστὸς (Christos) Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular Strong's 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus. has been raised. ἐγήγερται (egēgertai) Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular Strong's 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse. Links 1 Corinthians 15:16 NIV1 Corinthians 15:16 NLT 1 Corinthians 15:16 ESV 1 Corinthians 15:16 NASB 1 Corinthians 15:16 KJV 1 Corinthians 15:16 BibleApps.com 1 Corinthians 15:16 Biblia Paralela 1 Corinthians 15:16 Chinese Bible 1 Corinthians 15:16 French Bible 1 Corinthians 15:16 Catholic Bible NT Letters: 1 Corinthians 15:16 For if the dead aren't raised neither (1 Cor. 1C iC 1Cor i cor icor) |
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