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

Other Translations of 1 Corinthians 15:18

New International Version

18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

English Standard Version

18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

The Message

18 It's even worse for those who died hoping in Christ and resurrection, because they're already in their graves.

New King James Version

18 Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

New Living Translation

18 In that case, all who have died believing in Christ are lost!

Matthew Henry's Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:18

Commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:12-19

(Read 1 Corinthians 15:12-19)

Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There had been no justification, or salvation, if Christ had not risen. And must not faith in Christ be vain, and of no use, if he is still among the dead? The proof of the resurrection of the body is the resurrection of our Lord. Even those who died in the faith, had perished in their sins, if Christ had not risen. All who believe in Christ, have hope in him, as a Redeemer; hope for redemption and salvation by him; but if there is no resurrection, or future recompence, their hope in him can only be as to this life. And they must be in a worse condition than the rest of mankind, especially at the time, and under the circumstances, in which the apostles wrote; for then Christians were hated and persecuted by all men. But it is not so; they, of all men, enjoy solid comforts amidst all their difficulties and trials, even in the times of the sharpest persecution.