11 Wherefore, whether it were I, or they, so we preach, and so have ye believed.

12 [a]Now if it be preached, that Christ is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?

13 [b]For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:12 The first argument to prove that there is a resurrection from the dead: Christ is risen again, therefore the dead shall rise again.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:13 The second by an absurdity, If there is no resurrection of the dead, then is not Christ risen again.

11 Whether, then, it is I or they,(A) this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

The Resurrection of the Dead

12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead,(B) how can some of you say that there is no resurrection(C) of the dead?(D) 13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

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