For if the dead aren’t raised, neither has Christ been raised.
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: (6) He repeats the same argument taken from an absurdity, purposing to show how faith is in vain if the resurrection of Christ is taken away.
You say there is no resurrection? Yet Christ has risen, an incontestable fact, proved by eyewitnesses and foretold in ancient prophecy. Deny the resurrection and you make the apostles false witnesses of God, make preaching vain, and overturn the principal evidence of Christianity itself.
AI summary
Commenting on 1 Corinthians 15:12-19
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised. This is a repetition of the argument in Co1 15:13 made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it. made partly to show the importance of it, and partly to observe other absurdities, following upon the conclusion of it.