First Reading 1 Corinthians 15:12-20
12Now if Christ is preached, that he rose again from the dead, how is it that some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen.
14And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is useless, and your faith is also useless.
15Then, too, we would be found to be false witnesses of God, because we would have given testimony against God, saying that he had raised up Christ, when he had not raised him up, if, indeed, the dead do not rise again.
16For if the dead do not rise again, then neither has Christ risen again.
17But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.
18Then, too, those who have fallen asleep in Christ would have perished.
19If we have hope in Christ for this life only, then we are more miserable than all men.
20But now Christ has risen again from the dead, as the first-fruits of those who sleep.
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