1 Corinthians 15:14-20

Riverside(i) 14 If Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is an empty thing and your faith is an empty thing. 15 And we are found false witnesses of God because we testified regarding God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise if the dead are not raised. 16 For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile, you are still in your sins. 18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most pitiable. 20 But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the first-fruit of those who have fallen asleep.