16. If those who have died are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.
17. And if Christ has not been raised from death, then your faith is for nothing; you are still guilty of your sins.
18. And those in Christ who have already died are lost.
19. If our hope in Christ is only for this life here on earth, then people should feel more sorry for us than for anyone else.
20. But Christ really has been raised from death—the first one of all those who will be raised.