1 Corinthians 15:13

Bible in Basic English (1941)

But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:

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  • 1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For 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.
  • 2 Tim 4:8 : 8 From now on, the crown of righteousness is made ready for me, which the Lord, the upright judge, Will give to me at that day: and not only to me, but to all those who have had love for his revelation.
  • Heb 2:14 : 14 And because the children are flesh and blood, he took a body himself and became like them; so that by his death he might put an end to him who had the power of death, that is to say, the Evil One;
  • Heb 13:20 : 20 Now may the God of peace, who made that great keeper of his flock, even our Lord Jesus, come back from the dead through the blood of the eternal agreement,
  • 1 Pet 1:3 : 3 Praise be to the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who through his great mercy has given us a new birth and a living hope by the coming again of Jesus Christ from the dead,
  • Rev 1:18 : 18 And I was dead, and see, I am living for ever, and I have the keys of death and of Hell.
  • John 11:25-26 : 25 Jesus 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; 26 And no one who is living and has faith in me will ever see death. Is this your faith?
  • 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.
  • Rom 4:24-25 : 24 But for us in addition, to whose account it will be put, if we have faith in him who made Jesus our Lord come back again from the dead, 25 Who was put to death for our evil-doing, and came to life again so that we might have righteousness.
  • Rom 8:11 : 11 But 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.
  • Rom 8:23 : 23 And not only so, but we who have the first fruits of the Spirit, even we have sorrow in our minds, waiting for the time when we will take our place as sons, that is, the salvation of our bodies.
  • 1 Cor 15:20 : 20 But now Christ has truly come back from the dead, the first-fruits of those who are sleeping.
  • 2 Cor 4:10-14 : 10 In our bodies there is ever the mark of the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our bodies. 11 For, while living, we are still being given up to death because of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may be seen in our flesh, though it is under the power of death. 12 So then, death is working in us, but life in you. 13 But having the same spirit of faith, as it is said in the Writings, The words of my mouth came from the faith in my heart; in the same way, our words are the outcome of our faith; 14 Because 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.
  • Col 3:1-4 : 1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God. 2 Keep your mind on the higher things, not on the things of earth. 3 For your life on earth is done, and you have a secret life with Christ in God. 4 At the coming of Christ who is our life, you will be seen with him in glory.

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  • 1 Cor 15:14-23
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    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.

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

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

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

    23 But every man in his right order: Christ the first-fruits; then those who are Christ's at his coming.

  • 1 Cor 15:11-12
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    11 If then it is I who am the preacher, or they, this is our word, and to this you have given your faith.

    12 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?

  • 1 Cor 15:3-5
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    3 For 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;

    4 And 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;

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

  • 1 Cor 15:29
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    29 Again, 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?

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

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

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

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

    44 It 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.

  • Rom 8:9-11
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    9 You are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if the Spirit of God is in you. But if any man has not the Spirit of Christ he is not one of his.

    10 And if Christ is in you, the body is dead because of sin, but the Spirit is life because of righteousness.

    11 But 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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    11 If in any way I may have the reward of life from the dead.

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

    9 Having 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.

  • 1 Thess 4:13-16
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    13 But 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.

    14 For 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.

    15 For 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.

    16 Because the Lord himself will come down from heaven with a word of authority, with the voice of the chief angel, with the sound of a horn: and the dead in Christ will come to life first;

  • Rom 14:9
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    9 And 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 Cor 5:14-15
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    14 For it is the love of Christ which is moving us; because we are of the opinion that if one was put to death for all, then all have undergone death;

    15 And 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.

  • John 11:25
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    25 Jesus 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;

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

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

  • 1 Cor 15:32
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    32 If, 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.

  • Mark 16:6
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    6 And 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!

  • Rom 6:5
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    5 For, 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;

  • Col 3:1
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    1 If then you have a new life with Christ, give your attention to the things of heaven, where Christ is seated at the right hand of God.

  • Matt 28:6
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    6 He is not here, for he has come to life again, even as he said. Come, see the Lord's resting-place.

  • Luke 24:6
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    6 He 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 15:55
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    55 O death, where is your power? O death, where are your pains?

  • Acts 17:3
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    3 Saying 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.

  • Rev 20:5
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    5 The rest of the dead did not come to life again till the thousand years were ended. This is the first coming back from the dead.

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

  • Acts 17:32
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    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.

  • 1 Cor 6:14
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    14 And God who made the Lord Jesus come back from the dead will do the same for us by his power.

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