1 Corinthians 15:16-19
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For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.
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And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and c you are still in your sins.
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Then those also who d have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
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If in Christ we have hope in this life only, e we are of all people most to be pitied.
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Cross References
Romans 4:25
Who was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.
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Cross References
1 Thessalonians 4:16
For the Lord himself will descend from heaven with a cry of command, with the voice of an archangel, and with the sound of the trumpet of God. And the dead in Christ will rise first.
Revelation 14:13
And I heard a voice from heaven saying, "Write this: Blessed are the dead who die in the Lord from now on." "Blessed indeed," says the Spirit, "that they may rest from their labors, for their deeds follow them!
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1 Corinthians 4:9
For I think that God has exhibited us apostles as last of all, like men sentenced to death, because we have become a spectacle to the world, to angels, and to men.
2 Timothy 3:12
Indeed, all who desire to live a godly life in Christ Jesus will be persecuted.
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