[15] Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom not up, if so be that the dead rise not. [16] For if the dead rise not, not Christ raised: [17] And if Christ not raised, faith is vain; yet in sins. [18] Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished. [19] If in life only we have hope in Christ, of all men most miserable. [20] But now Christ risen from the dead, the firstfruits of them that slept.