...perished likewise. "If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain : if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain : ye are...which are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished." (1 Cor. xv. 14, 17, 18.) " But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the first-fruits of them...

...dead. The apostle Paul asserts, in 1 Cor. xv. 16, that if the dead rise not, then is not Christ risen ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins : then they also into are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. And again, ver. 32, If the dead rise not, let tts eat...

...of living in a future state rests on him. Accordingly t. Paul says*, " If the dead rise nor, ihen 4s not Christ raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your...is vain ; ye are yet in your sins. Then they, also, who are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished — ¿та?.«!«», are lost," as if they had never...

...j-ests ou him. Accordingly ' St. Paul says*, " If the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised ; arid if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins; Then they, also, who are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished—* ¿таЫо, are lost," as if they had never been....

...of which I shall now read to you. 1 Coi\ xv. 20, 21, 22, 23. >' But now is Christ risen from the " dead, and become the first fruits of them that slept. " For since by man came death, by man came also the " resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die, " even so in Christ shall all...

...these words, also done in large gold letters upon black : I Corinth. 15. 2Q. Christ is risen from the dead, and become the first Fruits of them that slept ; for since by man came death, by man came also the Resurrection of the dead. For as in Adam all die; even so in Christ shall all be...

...Christ, whom he raised not, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised. And if Christ be not raised your faith is...sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If then these things are so, if that gospel which we have been preaching to you is a...

...Christ, whom he raised not, if so be that the dead rise not. For if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised. And if Christ be not raised your faith is...sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ have perished. If then these things are so, if that gospel vhich we have been preaching to you is a...

...not have raised up, if so be that the dead rise not. For, if the dead rise not, then is Christ not raised ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is...sins. Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ arc perished (verses sixteenth and eighteenth). Such are the inevitable consequences which must ensue,...

...The apostle Paul asserts, in 1st Cor. xv, 16, that if the dead rise not, then is not Christ risen ; and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain, ye are yet in your sins : then they also who are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. And again, ver. 32, if the dead rise not, let us eat...