1 Corinthians 15:16 BSB

1 Corinthians 15:16

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

BSB

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ASV

For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

KJV

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

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Commentary

2 voices

John Gill

1697–1771

Exposition of the New Testament (1746-1748)

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. This is a repetition of the argument in 1Co 15:13 made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it.

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The Nineteenth Century2 voices

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

False witnesses - As having testified the fact of Christ’s resurrection, as a matter which ourselves had witnessed, when we knew that we bore testimony to a falsehood. But could five hundred persons agree in this imposition? And if they did, is it possible that some one would not discover the cheat, when he could have no interest in keeping the secret, and might greatly promote his secular interest by making the discovery? Such a case never occurred, and never can occur. The testimony, therefore, concerning the resurrection of Christ, is incontrovertibly true.

Charles Spurgeon

1834–1892

The Metropolitan Tabernacle Pulpit, Sermon No. 2287: “"If There Is No Resurrection"” (lightly modernized text, CCEL edition) (1892)

OUR religion is not based upon opinions, but upon facts. We hear persons sometimes saying, "Those are your views, and these are ours." Whatever your "views" may be, is a small matter—what are the facts of the case? We must, after all, if we want a firm foundation, come down to matters of fact.

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Original language & word study

8 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
εἰ	ei	If	G1487 →
γὰρ	gar	for	G1063 →
νεκροὶ	nekroi	[the] dead	G3498 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἐγείρονται,	egeirontai	are raised,	G1453 →
οὐδὲ	oude	neither	G3761 →
Χριστὸς	Christos	Christ	G5547 →
ἐγήγερται·	egēgertai	has been raised;	G1453 →