1 Corinthians 15:13

13 If the dead can't be brought back to life, then Christ hasn't come back to life.

1 Corinthians 15:13 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:13

But if there be no resurrection of the dead
If there is no such thing as a resurrection of any, if the thing is not possible, if it never has been, is, or will be true in fact:

then is Christ not risen.
The apostle argues from a general, to a particular; from the general resurrection of the dead, to the particular resurrection of Christ; and from a negation of the one, to a negation of the other; for what does not agree with the whole, does not agree with the part; and what is true of the whole, is true of the part; but if the resurrection of Christ is not true, many are the absurdities that must follow upon it, and which the apostle next enumerates.

1 Corinthians 15:13 In-Context

11 So, whether it was I or someone else, this is the message we brought you, and this is what you believed.

12 If we have told you that Christ has been brought back to life, how can some of you say that coming back from the dead is impossible?

13 If the dead can't be brought back to life, then Christ hasn't come back to life.

14 If Christ hasn't come back to life, our message has no meaning and your faith also has no meaning.

15 In addition, we are obviously witnesses who lied about God because we testified that he brought Christ back to life. But if it's true that the dead don't come back to life, then God didn't bring Christ back to life.