1 Corinthians 15:16
Meaning, cross-references, and a prayer for 1 Corinthians 15:16 — by Collins Asein
Quick Summary
1 Corinthians 15:16 is a verse from the book of 1 Corinthians in the New Testament. The KJV reads: "For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:" Below you will find the full verse text, cross-references, meaning, and a prayer based on this scripture.
1 Corinthians 15:16 — KJV
“For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:”
— 1 Corinthians 15:16 (KJV)
1 Corinthians 15:16 in Context — About the Book of 1 Corinthians
1 Corinthians is pastoral surgery on a gifted, divided, messy church — addressing factions, immorality, lawsuits, worship chaos, and doubts about resurrection. It contains the love chapter read at countless weddings and the Bible's fullest teaching on spiritual gifts and the resurrection body.
Cross-References for 1 Corinthians 15:16
“But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:”
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“Then said his servants unto him, What thing is this that thou hast done? thou didst fast and weep for the child, while it was alive; but when the child was dead, thou didst rise and eat bread.”
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“Then Jesus answering said unto them, Go your way, and tell John what things ye have seen and heard; how that the blind see, the lame walk, the lepers are cleansed, the deaf hear, the dead are raised, to the poor the gospel is preached.”
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“And said unto them, Thus it is written, and thus it behoved Christ to suffer, and to rise from the dead the third day:”
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“Then Jesus six days before the passover came to Bethany, where Lazarus was which had been dead, whom he raised from the dead.”
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