1 Corinthians 15:13

New International Reader's Version

If no one rises from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

Cross References

Acts 23:8

The Sadducees say that people will not rise from the dead. They don’t believe there are angels or spirits either. But the Pharisees believe all these things.

Romans 8:11

The Spirit of the God who raised Jesus from the dead is living in you. So the God who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your bodies. He will do this because of his Spirit who lives in you.

Romans 8:23

And that’s not all. We have the Holy Spirit as the promise of future blessing. But we also groan inside ourselves. We do this as we look forward to the time when God adopts us as full members of his family. Then he will give us everything he has for us. He will raise our bodies and give glory to them.

1 Corinthians 15:12

We have preached that Christ has been raised from the dead. So how can some of you say that no one rises from the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:14

And if Christ has not been raised, what we preach doesn’t mean anything. Your faith doesn’t mean anything either.

1 Corinthians 15:20

But Christ really has been raised from the dead. He is the first of all those who will rise from the dead.

1 Thessalonians 4:14

We believe that Jesus died and rose again. When he returns, many who believe in him will have died already. We believe that God will bring them back with Jesus.

2 Timothy 4:8

Now there is a crown waiting for me. It is given to those who are right with God. The Lord, who judges fairly, will give it to me on the day he returns. He will not give it only to me. He will also give it to all those who are longing for him to return.

Hebrews 13:20

Our Lord Jesus is the great Shepherd of the sheep. The God who gives peace brought him back from the dead. He did it because of the blood of the eternal covenant. Now may God

Hebrews 2:14

Those children have bodies made out of flesh and blood. So Jesus became human like them in order to die for them. By doing this, he could break the power of the devil. The devil is the one who rules over the kingdom of death.

1 Peter 1:3

Give praise to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ. In his great mercy he has given us a new birth and a living hope. This hope is living because Jesus Christ rose from the dead.

Revelation 1:18

I am the Living One. I was dead. But now look! I am alive for ever and ever! And I hold the keys to Death and Hell.