¹⁶ For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.

^{17 Ref} If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.

^{18 Ref} Then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

^{19 Ref} If we have only hoped in Christ in this life, we are of all men most pitiable.

^{20 Ref} But now Christ has been raised from the dead. He became the first fruits of those who are asleep.

^{21 Ref} For since death came by man, the resurrection of the dead also came by man.