1 Corinthians 15:18 ASV

¹⁶  For if the dead are not raised, neither hath Christ been raised:

¹⁷  and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

¹⁸  Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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

²⁰  But now hath Christ been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of them that are asleep.