...(as if he had said, and that is not the worst consequence if the doctrine be not true, for then,) " we are found false witnesses of God, because we have...he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not ; for if the dead rise not, then is not Christ risen ; and if Christ be not raised your faith is vain,...

...their hopes, and all their character. " If Christ be not risen," says Paul, " then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain ; yea, and we are...witnesses of God, because we have testified of God that he hath raised up Christ." Thus does this apostle pledge his whole cause, his character as an honest man,...

...resurrection of the dead, 13 then is Christ not risen : and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching 14 vain, and your faith is also vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses 15 of God ; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ : whom he raised not up. if so...

...and our faith and hope were but vain and delusory. " If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain ; yea, and we are...he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not : for if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is...

...fidelity as a witness. "But if there be no resurrection from the dead, then is Christ not risen. — Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God, because...he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not." Where, we ask, would have been the mighty charm of this argument, if Paul's fidelity had been questioned...

...then is Christ not raised ; and if Christ be not raised, our preaching is vain, and your faith also is vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God...raised up Christ, whom he raised not up, if so be that dead are not raised : for if dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised; and if Christ be not raised,...

...hopes and comforts of believers. " If there be no resurrection of the dead, then is not Christ risen : and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching...also vain : yea, and we are found false witnesses for God. And if Christ be not raised, — ye are yet in your sins : then they also which are fallen...

...earnest of our own resurrection. St. Paul, in his first Epistle to the Corinthians (15.15. 17), says, " We have testified of GOD that HE raised up " Christ:...raised not up, if so be that the " dead rise not." And again, " If Christ be not " raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your " sins." We see, then,...

...it after this life ; If Christ be not risen, saith • 4. 15. '1». St. Paul, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain ; yea, and we are found false witnesses of God, that he raised up Christ ; — then we have only hope in this life ; and, if in this life only we have...

...he, " Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. yea, and we arc found false witnesses of God ; because "we have testified of God that he raited up Christ, whom he raised not up if so be that the dead rise not." Would any man in his senses...