1 Corinthians 15:12

Is no resurrection of the dead? no such thing as a resurrection of the dead? The men against whose error the apostle wrote, denied, doubtless on philosophical grounds, the possibility of a resurrection from the dead. He proceeds to show, first, that such a denial involves the denial of Christ's resurrection, and consequently of the gospel itself with all the hopes that are built on it, 1Co 15:13-19; 1 Corinthians 15:29-32 ;

secondly, that the certain fact of Christ's resurrection is an earnest and pledge of our resurrection also, verse 1 Corinthians 15:20-28. He then proceeds further to meet objections to the doctrine, and make various explanations and revelations concerning it.