1 Corinthians 15:12

Bible in Basic English (1941)

Now if the good news says that Christ came back from the dead, how do some of you say that there is no coming back from the dead?

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  • Acts 23:8 : 8 For the Sadducees say that there is no coming back from the dead, and no angels or spirits: but the Pharisees have belief in all these.
  • 2 Tim 2:18 : 18 Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.
  • Acts 17:32 : 32 Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.
  • Acts 26:8 : 8 Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?
  • 1 Cor 15:13-19 : 13 But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead: 14 And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect. 15 Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead. 16 For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again: 17 And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins. 18 And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction. 19 If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.
  • 2 Thess 2:17 : 17 Give you comfort and strength in every good work and word.

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  • 1 Cor 15:13-22
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    13But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:

    14And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.

    15Yes, and we are seen to be false witnesses of God; because we gave witness of God that by his power Christ came again from the dead: which is not true if there is no coming back from the dead.

    16For if it is not possible for the dead to come to life again, then Christ has not come to life again:

    17And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.

    18And, in addition, the dead in Christ have gone to destruction.

    19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most unhappy.

    20But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.

    21For as by man came death, so by man there is a coming back from the dead.

    22For as in Adam death comes to all, so in Christ will all come back to life.

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35But someone will say, How do the dead come back? and with what sort of body do they come?

  • 1 Cor 15:3-6
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    3For I gave to you first of all what was handed down to me, how Christ underwent death for our sins, as it says in the Writings;

    4And he was put in the place of the dead; and on the third day he came back from the dead, as it says in the Writings;

    5And he was seen by Cephas; then by the twelve;

    6Then by more than five hundred brothers at the same time, most of whom are still living, but some are sleeping;

  • 1 Cor 15:11
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    11If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

  • 1 Cor 15:29
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    29Again, what will they do who are given baptism for the dead? if the dead do not come back at all, why are people given baptism for them?

  • 1 Cor 15:42-44
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    42So is it with the coming back from the dead. It is planted in death; it comes again in life:

    43It is planted in shame; it comes again in glory: feeble when it is planted, it comes again in power:

    44It is planted a natural body; it comes again as a body of the spirit. If there is a natural body, there is equally a body of the spirit.

  • Acts 17:32
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    32Now on hearing about the coming back from death, some of them made sport of it, but others said, Let us go more fully into this another time.

  • Acts 13:30
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    30But God gave him back from the dead:

  • Rom 8:10-11
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    10And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11But if the Spirit of him who made Jesus come again from the dead is in you, he who made Christ Jesus come again from the dead will in the same way, through his Spirit which is in you, give life to your bodies which now are under the power of death.

  • Phil 3:11
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    11If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

  • Acts 17:3
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    3Saying to them clearly and openly that Christ had to be put to death and come back to life again; and that this Jesus, whom, he said, I am preaching to you, is the Christ.

  • 1 Thess 4:13-15
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    13But it is our desire, brothers, that you may be certain about those who are sleeping; so that you may have no need for sorrow, as others have who are without hope.

    14For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.

    15For this we say to you by the word of the Lord, that we who are still living at the coming of the Lord, will not go before those who are sleeping.

  • 2 Cor 5:15
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    15And that he underwent death for all, so that the living might no longer be living to themselves, but to him who underwent death for them and came back from the dead.

  • Eph 5:14
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    14For this reason he says, Be awake, you who are sleeping, and come up from among the dead, and Christ will be your light.

  • Rom 6:8-9
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    8But if we are dead with Christ, we have faith that we will be living with him;

    9Having knowledge that because Christ has come back from the dead, he will never again go down to the dead; death has no more power over him.

  • Rom 14:9
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    9And for this purpose Christ went into death and came back again, that he might be the Lord of the dead and of the living.

  • 2 Tim 2:18
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    18Men whose ideas are all false, who say that the coming back from the dead has even now taken place, overturning the faith of some.

  • Acts 26:8
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    8Why, in your opinion, is it outside belief for God to make the dead come to life again?

  • 1 Pet 4:6
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    6For this was the reason why the good news of Jesus was given even to the dead, so that they might be judged as men in the flesh, but might be living before God in the spirit.

  • 1 Cor 15:32
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    32If, after the way of men, I was fighting with beasts at Ephesus, what profit is it to me? If the dead do not come to life again, let us take our pleasure in feasting, for tomorrow we come to an end.

  • Rom 6:5
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    5For, if we have been made like him in his death, we will, in the same way, be like him in his coming to life again;

  • John 11:25
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    25Jesus said to her, I am myself that day and that life; he who has faith in me will have life even if he is dead;

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then, death is working in us, but life in you.

  • Mark 16:6
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    6And he said to them, Do not be troubled: you are looking for Jesus, the Nazarene, who has been put to death on the cross; he has come back from the dead; he is not here: see, the place where they put him!

  • Acts 13:37
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    37But he, who was lifted up by God, did not see destruction.

  • Matt 22:31
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    31But about the dead coming back to life, have you no knowledge of what was said to you by God in the Writings:

  • 2 Cor 4:14
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    14Because we are certain that he who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead, will do the same for us, and will give us a place in his glory with you.

  • Acts 2:32
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    32This Jesus God has given back to life, of which we all are witnesses.

  • Luke 24:6
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    6He is not here, he has come back to life: have in mind what he said to you when he was still in Galilee, saying,

  • 1 Cor 15:1
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    1Now I am going to make clear to you, my brothers, what the good news was which I gave to you, and which you took, and on which your faith is based,

  • Mark 12:18
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    18And there came to him Sadducees, who say there is no coming back from the dead; and they put a question to him, saying,

  • Acts 3:15
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    15And put to death the Lord of life; whom God gave back from the dead; of which fact we are witnesses.