# how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead?

Paul is using this question to begin a new topic. AT: "you should not be saying that there is no resurrection of the dead!" (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-rquestion]])

# if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised

"Raised" here is an idiom for "caused to live again" AT: "if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been caused to live again"  (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-idiom]])

# translationWords

* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/christ]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/proclaim]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/death]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/resurrection]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/preach]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/other/vain]]
* [[rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/faith]]