For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
Having confirmed the truth of our Saviour's resurrection, the apostle goes on to refute those among the Corinthians who said there would be none: If Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? Co1 15:12.
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:12-19
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. This is a repetition of the argument in Co1 15:13 made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it. made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it.
Verse 16. For if the dead rise not, etc. This is a repetition of what is said in . It is repeated her, evidently, because of its importance. It was a great and momentous truth which would bear repetition, that if there was no resurrection, as some held, then it would follow that the Lord Jesus was not raised up.