First Reading
1 Corinthians 15:12-20
- 12
Now if Christ be preached, that he arose again from the dead, how do some among you say, that there is no resurrection of the dead?
- 13
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.
- 14
And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
- 15
Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ; whom he hath not raised up, if the dead rise not again.
- 16
For if the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again.
- 17
And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
- 18
Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
- 19
If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.
- 20
But now Christ is risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that sleep :
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition · public domain