1 Corinthians 15:12 (LSB)

Passage

Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:10 But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me did not prove vain; but I labored even more than all of them, yet not I, but the grace of God with me.

1 Corinthians 15:11 Whether then it was I or they, so we preach and so you believed.

1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if Christ is preached, that He has been raised from the dead, how do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:13 But if there is no resurrection of the dead, not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "christ", "preached", "been", "raised", "dead", "some", and "resurrection". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "christ" and "preached", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 11's "Whether then it was I or they..." into verse 13's "But if there is no resurrection of...", so "christ" and "preached" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "christ" and "preached" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.