1 Corinthians 15:13

1 Corinthians 15:13 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
• New International Version (NIV)If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
• English Standard Version (ESV)But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
• New King James Version (NKJV)But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:13

11Whether then it is I or they, so we proclaim, and so you believed. 12Now if Messiah is proclaimed—that He has been raised from the dead—how can some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead? But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Messiah has been raised! 14And if Messiah has not been raised, then our proclaiming is meaningless and your faith also is meaningless. 15Moreover, we are found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified about God that He raised up Messiah—whom He did not raise up, if in fact the dead are not raised.

1 Corinthians 15:13 word by word

εἰ δὲ ἀνάστασις νεκρῶν οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐδὲ Χριστὸς ἐγήγερται·Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Butδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• there beεἰμίeimi · to beG1510
• noοὐou · noG3756
• resurrectionἀνάστασιςanastasis · resurrectionG386
• of the deadνεκρόςnekros · deadG3498
• thenοὐδέoude · norG3761
• isἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:13

• 1 Corinthians 15:20But now Messiah has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.
• John 11:25Yeshua said to her, “I am the resurrection and the life! Whoever believes in Me, even if he dies, shall live.
• Acts 23:8For the Sadducees say there is no resurrection or angel or spirit, but the Pharisees affirm them all.
• Romans 4:24but for our sake as well. It is credited to us as those who trust in Him who raised Yeshua our Lord from the dead.
• Romans 8:11And if the Ruach of the One who raised Yeshua from the dead dwells in you, the One who raised Messiah Yeshua from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Ruach who dwells in you.
• 2 Corinthians 4:10always carrying in the body the death of Yeshua, so that the life of Yeshua may also be revealed in our mortal body.
• Colossians 3:1Therefore, if you have been raised up with Messiah, keep seeking the things above—where Messiah is, sitting at the right hand of God.
• 1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Yeshua died and rose again, so with Him God will also bring those who have fallen asleep in Yeshua.
• 2 Timothy 4:8In the future there is reserved for me a crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not to me only, but also to everyone who has longed for His appearing.
• Hebrews 2:14Therefore, since the children share in flesh and blood, He Himself likewise shared the same humanity—so that through death He might break the power of the one who had the power of death (that is, the devil)
• Hebrews 13:20Now may the God of shalom, who brought up from the dead the great Shepherd of the sheep by the blood of an everlasting covenant, our Lord Yeshua,
• 1 Peter 1:3Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Yeshua the Messiah! In His great mercy He caused us to be born again to a living hope through the resurrection of Messiah Yeshua from the dead.
• Revelation 1:18and the One who lives. I was dead, but look—I am alive forever and ever! Moreover, I hold the keys of death and Sheol.

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:13

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 13If there be no resurrection of the dead - As Christ was partaker of the same flesh and blood with us, and he promised to raise mankind from the dead through his resurrection, if the dead rise not then Christ has had no resurrection. There seem to have been some at Corinth who, though they denied the resurrection of the dead, admitted that Christ had risen again: the apostle's argument goes therefore to state that, if Christ was raised from the dead…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 13But if there be no resurrection of the dead - If the whole subject is held to be impossible and absurd, then it must follow that Christ is not “risen,” since there were the same difficulties in the way of raising him up which will exist in any case. He was dead and was buried. He had lain in the grave three days. His human soul had left the body. His frame had become cold and stiff. The blood had ceased to circulate, and the lungs to heave. In his case…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There had been no justification, or salvation, if Christ had not risen. And must not faith in Christ be vain, and of no use, if he is still among the dead? The proof of the resurrection of the body is the resurrection of our Lord. Even those who died in the faith, had perished in their sins, if Christ had not risen. All who believe in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 12-20The resurrection of Jesus proves that a future resurrection is real.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1313. If there be no general resurrection, which is the consequent, then there can have been no resurrection of Christ, which is the antecedent. The head and the members of the body stand on the same footing: what does not hold good of them, does not hold good of Him either: His resurrection and theirs are inseparably joined (compare 1Co 15:20-22; Joh 14:19).Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:13

• Immortality
• Jesus Continued
• Resurrection
• Zeal, Religious

In the dictionaries

• Christ
• Christ, Messiah
• Resurrection of the dead
• Awake
• Corrupt
• Corruptible
• Die
• Differ
• Flesh
• Immortality

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings