KJV ORIGINAL
Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ MADE SIMPLE
If that were true, then everyone who died believing in Christ would just be... gone forever.
⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE
Paul's saying without resurrection, even believers who died would have no hope, but that's not the case.
📚 Historical Context
In the first century, the Corinthian church was grappling with skepticism about the resurrection of the dead, influenced by prevailing Greek philosophies that dismissed the idea of bodily resurrection. Paul wrote this verse as part of his larger argument in 1 Corinthians 15 to defend the resurrection of Christ and its essential role in Christian faith. If the resurrection is not real, he explains, then believers who have died are truly lost without hope.
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