1 Corinthians 15:12-16

12We all speak this message: God raised Christ up after his death. But some of you say that dead people do not live again.

13Anyone who says that is wrong. If dead people do not live again, then Christ did not rise up after his death. He would still be dead.

14And if God did not raise Christ up, it does no good for us to tell God's good news to people. There would be nothing for you to believe.

15We would have been telling lies about God, because we told you that God raised Christ up after his death. But if dead people do not live again, that would not be true.

16So, if dead people never rise to a new life, then Christ himself did not rise after his death.