15 Yes, and we would then be found false witnesses of God, because we have testified that God raised up Christ, whom He did not raise up, if in fact the dead do not rise.
16 For if the dead do not rise, then Christ has not been raised.
17 If Christ is not raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
18 Then they also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
20 But now is Christ risen from the dead and become the first fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
21 For since death came by man, by man came also the resurrection of the dead.