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Forγὰρifεἰthe deadνεκροὶare notοὐκraised,ἐγείρονταιnot evenοὐδὲthe MessiahΧριστὸςhas been raised;ἐγήγερται
1 Corinthians 15:16
Study it in the app“For if the dead are not raised, not even the Messiah has been raised;”
Paul: if the Messiah has not been raised, our faith is emptyThe Resurrection
With the Greek beneath
1 Corinthians 15:16, word by word
- the deadνεκροὶnekroi
dead
Someone who no longer has life, whose body has no breath left.
Where else “nekroi” appears- raisedἐγείρονταιegeirontai
raise
To come back to life after death.
Where else “egeirontai” appears- the MessiahΧριστὸςChristos
Messiah
Messiah: literally "anointed", the king or envoy God consecrates with oil. It is a title, not a surname; in Hebrew, mashiach.
Where else “Christos” appears
The context
15And we are also found to be false witnesses of God, because we testified against God that he raised the Messiah, whom he did not raise if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 · This verse (above)
17and if the Messiah has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.