What happens if Christ was not raised from the dead?
Paul’s argument in 1 Corinthians 15 is that if Christ was not raised from the dead, then believers have no hope. He rehearses the whole scheme of resurrection in the chapter’s opening verses, showing that the resurrection is essential and without it hope is gone.
Les explains that Paul has been rehearsing the whole scheme of resurrection in 1 Corinthians 15, in the first 18–19 verses. The conclusion Paul sets before the reader is stark: if Christ did not raise from the dead, if He was not raised from the dead, then we have no hope. Les then moves back into the text at verse 20, continuing from where the previous program left off.
Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand;
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