1 Corinthians 15:16-18
1 Corinthians 15: 16 to 18
16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised, either;
17 and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless and powerless [mere delusion]; you are still in your sins [and under the control and penalty of sin].
18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.