What does 1 Corinthians 15:18 mean?

1 Corinthians 15:18 highlights themes such as faith and obedience when read in context.

How should I apply 1 Corinthians 15:18 today?

Read the surrounding passage, compare related cross references, and turn the verse into a short prayer and concrete action.

Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:

17And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.

19If in this life only we have hope in Christ, we are of all men most miserable.

20But now is Christ risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept.

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