...himself. Given this belief, asks Paul, 'how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 1f there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised' (1 Cor 15:11 — 13). The denial of the resurrecnon has been explained in various ways/'' One possibility...

...this chapter, the religious meaning of the Resurrection is huge for Christians. To repeat Saint Paul, "If Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation...has been in vain and your faith has been in vain." The following are three important things we know because of the Resurrection. Did You Jesus Is Confirmed...

...the Son with the Father, achieved on the "third day." Experiencing Easter Jesus' Exodus to the Father "If Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation...has been in vain and your faith has been in vain" (i Cor. 15:14): it is the resurrection which reveals Jesus in his fullness as the Christ, Lord of life,...

...Hence the all-importance of the resurrection of Jesus for a balanced Christianity. As St. Paul says: "If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ...has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. ...If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins. Then those also...

...matter to raise one's self from the grave! Humanly speaking, that's impossible. The Bible tells us, "If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ...been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless, and you are still under condemnation for your sins. . . . But the fact is that...

...and initially believed. He began a series of arguments which ended in the reductio ad absurdum that "if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation...has been in vain and your faith has been in vain." The rhetoric depended on the hearers' understanding that the premise was wrong. This argument only...

...these doubts by considering the consequences of their lives without a resurrection. He states that if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised (1 Cor. 15:13). Moreover, if there is no resurrection of the dead, then their faith is useless, they...

...waste for anyone else to do it, too. CONSIDER THESE VERSES OF SCRIPTURE: 1 Corinthians 15:13-14 "For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised either. And if Christ was not raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your trust in God is useless."...

...resurrection of the body, then they didn't believe in the resurrection of Christ either. Here's how he put it: If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even...

...Commentary (Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1999); hereinafter referred to as GaL But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even...