...founded, First, Upon the fact of the Saviour's rising from the tomb. This is the apostle's argument : " Now, if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,...Christ not risen. And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." Hence, we see how important a doctrine in the gospel...

...there will be a resurrection of the dead, both of the just, and of the unjust. The Apostle observes, Now if Christ be preached that He rose from the dead,...some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead1. But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen. But he triumphantly subjoins,...

...divided f \V«s Paul crucified for you ? or were ye baptized in the name of Paul ? 1 Co. i. 1 1, 12, 13. the dead ; and of some, That Elias had appeared ;...others, That one of the old prophets was risen again. An dead Í But if there be no of the dead, then is Christ not Christ be not risen then is our and your...

...resurrection, and these converts at Corinth had been reared in that unbelief. And so Paul puts the question: "Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,...how say some among you that there is no resurrection from the dead?"vs.l2. It was one of the false doctrines that had crept into the church at Corinth,...

...fiendish delight in ridiculing the life, death and resurrection of Christ. Here's what Paul said, ". . .if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." But, here is the event that proves true every statement...

...two at Parbar." (1 Chr. 26:18). Such a passage from the Word is not as important as the following: "But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then...Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain" (1 Cor. 15:13-14). Both are true and both are God-breathed...

...difficulty convincing others that Jesus' resurrection was a physical event, as Luke and John were preaching: Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,...resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen. (I Corinthians 15: 12-13) Paul's solution to the dilemma of resurrection is to propose that we all...

...in a passage quoted by Coleridge, "we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable";332 "If there be no resurrection of the dead then is Christ not risen: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain."333 "I cannot conceive a 326 AR (1825) 136. 330 Ibid,...

...(26:8). In 1 Corinthians 15:13-14 (cf. w. 16-17) he confesses as the fundamental truth of our faith: "if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain." The goal of the Christian life is to "attain unto...

...strong, logical argument to the Christians in Corinth who were debating the reality of the resurrection, "Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead,...vain. Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the...