...raised up Christ : whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not : 16 For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised : and if Christ be...Christ are perished. If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. 20 But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become...

...not have raised up, if so be that the dead rise not. for, if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is...also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished (verses sixteenth and eighteenth.) Such are the inevitable consequences which must ensue, upon a supposition...

...not. For, if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith it vain, ye are yet in your sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished (verses sixteenth and eighteenth.) Such are the inevitable consequences which must ensue, upon a supposition...

...Father. Paul, writing to the Corinthianst observes, ' If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ...from the dead and become the first fruits of them that sleep. For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection from the dead, for as. in...

...Christ, whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise npt, then is Q Christ raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins. Then others who are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished." In the process of his argument he adds, "Now...

...unto glory. He ",is risen, from Ji/.''!l I'') * Rom. i. 4. t Acts, x. 40, 42.. J Rom. iv. 25'. the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept ; for since by man came death, by man came also the Resurrection of the dead/'* ; , -.". As Christ, then, has been proved, to have risen...

...Christ, whom he did not raise, if the Jb dead nee not. For if the dead rise not, neither is Christ J7 raised: And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain ; ye 18 are still in your sins. Then also they who sleep in Christ 19 are perished. If in this life only...

...in fact, the very germ of St. Paul's conclusion — " If in ibis life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable. But now is Christ...from the dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept?" Yes. Christ — a risen Christ, is the burthen of the patriarch's exultation. In this...

...be, " For as yet they knew not the scripture, that he must rise again from the dead." John, xx..9- " And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain : ye are yet in your sins." 1 Cor. XV? 17. And the reason given for choosing Matthias into the room of Judas was,...

...act the tragedy of his death over again, by spiritually eating his flesh, and drinking his blood. " And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain ; ye are yet in your sins." 1 Cor. 16, 17. As if it was the death and using of Christ, and not his doctrine and...