1 Corinthians 15:12 Cross References - BBE

¹² Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

³² Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

⁸ For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.

⁸ Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

¹³ But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead: ¹⁴ And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect. ¹⁵ Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead. ¹⁶ For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again: ¹⁷ And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins. ¹⁸ And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction. ¹⁹ If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

¹⁷ Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word. ¹⁸ Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.