1 Corinthians 15:13-19 If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life.

WNT⁽ⁱ⁾ ¹³ If there is no such thing as a resurrection of the dead, then Christ Himself has not risen to life. ¹⁴ And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion. ¹⁵ Nay more, we are actually being discovered to be bearing false witness about God, because we have testified that God raised Christ to life, whom He did not raise, if in reality none of the dead are raised. ¹⁶ For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen; ¹⁷ and if Christ has not risen, your faith is a vain thing--you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ It follows also that those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished. ¹⁹ If in this present life we have a *hope* resting on Christ, and nothing more, we are more to be pitied than all the rest of the world.