1 Corinthians 15:15-20

Living_Oracles(i) 16 And if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised, 17 Farther, if Christ has not been raised, your faith is useless; you are still in your sins. 18 Certainly, also, they who are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. 19 If in this life, only, we have hope in Christ, we are, of all men, the most miserable. 20 But now Christ is raised from the dead, -the first fruit of them who have fallen asleep. 15 Besides, we are found even false witnesses concerning God; because we have witnessed, with respect to God, that he raised Christ; whom he raised not, if, indeed, the dead are not raised.