"Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished." — 1 Corinthians 15:18

1 Corinthians 15:18 · KJV

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

— 1 Corinthians 15:18

Verse 17

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

Verse 19

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

1 Corinthians 15 — Context

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

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

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

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

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

Cross References

1 Thessalonians 4:13-14

But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

1 Thessalonians 4:16

For the Lord himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of God: and the dead in Christ shall rise first:

1 Corinthians 15:6

After that, he was seen of above five hundred brethren at once; of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep.

Revelation 14:13

And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me, Write, Blessed {are} the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labours; and their works do follow them. {from henceforth...: or, from henceforth saith the Spirit, Yea}