1 Corinthians 15:16
 1 Corinthians 15:16 
New International Version (©2011)
For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.

New Living Translation (©2007)
And if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised.

English Standard Version (©2001)
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised.

New American Standard Bible (©1995)
For if the dead are not raised, not even Christ has been raised;

King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

Holman Christian Standard Bible (©2009)
For if the dead are not raised, Christ has not been raised.

International Standard Version (©2012)
For if the dead are not raised, then the Messiah has not been raised,

NET Bible (©2006)
For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

Aramaic Bible in Plain English (©2010)
For if those who have died do not live again, not even The Messiah is alive.

GOD'S WORD® Translation (©1995)
Certainly, if the dead don't come back to life, then Christ hasn't come back to life either.

King James 2000 Bible (©2003)
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

American King James Version
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

American Standard Version
For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

Douay-Rheims Bible
For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again.

Darby Bible Translation
For if those that are dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised;

English Revised Version
For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

Webster's Bible Translation
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

Weymouth New Testament
For if none of the dead are raised to life, then Christ has not risen;

World English Bible
For if the dead aren't raised, neither has Christ been raised.

Young's Literal Translation
for if dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary

15:12-19 Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There had been no justification, or salvation, if Christ had not risen. And must not faith in Christ be vain, and of no use, if he is still among the dead? The proof of the resurrection of the body is the resurrection of our Lord. Even those who died in the faith, had perished in their sins, if Christ had not risen. All who believe in Christ, have hope in him, as a Redeemer; hope for redemption and salvation by him; but if there is no resurrection, or future recompence, their hope in him can only be as to this life. And they must be in a worse condition than the rest of mankind, especially at the time, and under the circumstances, in which the apostles wrote; for then Christians were hated and persecuted by all men. But it is not so; they, of all men, enjoy solid comforts amidst all their difficulties and trials, even in the times of the sharpest persecution.


Pulpit Commentary

Verse 16. - This verse is a repetition of Ver. 13, to emphasize the argument that the Christian faith in the Resurrection rests not on philosophic theory, but on an historic fact.


Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. This is a repetition of the argument in 1 Corinthians 15:13 made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it.


Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary

16. The repetition implies the unanswerable force of the argument.


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The Resurrection of the Dead
15Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not. 16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: 17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins. …

1 Corinthians 15:15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.
1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.