1 Corinthians 15:12-20

Murdock(i) 12 And if the Messiah is proclaimed, as rising from the dead; how is it that there are some among you, who say, There is no reviviscence of the dead? 13 And if there is no reviviscence of the dead, the Messiah also hath not risen. 14 And if the Messiah hath not risen, our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain. 15 And we too are found false witnesses of God; for we have testified concerning God, that he raised up the Messiah, when he did not raise him up. 16 For, if the dead will not arise, the Messiah also hath not risen. 17 And if the Messiah rose not, your faith is inane; and ye are yet in your sins: 18 and also, doubtless, they who have fallen asleep in the Messiah, have perished. 19 And if, in this life only, we have hope in the Messiah, we are the most miserable of all men. 20 But now the Messiah hath risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them that slept.