Quotes About Hope

that He was buried, that He was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

and that He appeared to Cephas and then to the Twelve.

After that, He appeared to more than five hundred brothers at once, most of whom are still living, though some have fallen asleep.

And last of all He appeared to me also, as to one of untimely birth.

But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

In that case, we are also exposed as 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.

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

If our hope in Christ is for this life alone, we are to be pitied more than all men.

But Christ has indeed been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead comes also through a man.

For as in Adam all die, so in Christ all will be made alive.

But each in his own turn: Christ the firstfruits; then at His coming, those who belong to Him.

For He must reign until He has put all His enemies under His feet.

The last enemy to be destroyed is death.

If these things are not so, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why are people baptized for them?

I face death every day, brothers, as surely as I boast about you in Christ Jesus our Lord.

If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus for human motives, what did I gain? If the dead are not raised, “Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.”

But someone will ask, “How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?”

And what you sow is not the body that will be, but just a seed, perhaps of wheat or something else.

So will it be with the resurrection of the dead: What is sown is perishable; it is raised imperishable.