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We have hoped (ηλπικοτες εσμεν). Periphrastic perfect active indicative. Hope limited to this life even if "in Christ."

If in this life only we have hope in Christ. If our hope in Christ is not to be followed by the resurrection of the dead and future glory,…

For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised: and if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins. Then they also w…

Paul draws additional hypothetical conclusions from the thesis that Christ has not risen from the dead: (1) Faith is not only vain or meaningless (…

But if in this life—here is another absurdity: not only do we, by believing, lose our time and effort since its fruit perishes at our deat…

If in this life only we have hope in Christ
The object of a believer's hope is not any creature, man, or angel; nor any creatu…

Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There would have been no justification or sa…

Having built up faith in the resurrection of Christ, the Apostle now proves the future resurrection of the dead by means of Christ's resurrection. …
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A.T. Robertson
A.T.Robertson