Charles Spurgeon Commentary 1 Corinthians 15:11-12

"Whether then [it be] I or they, so we preach, and so ye believed. Now if Christ is preached that he hath been raised from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?" — 1 Corinthians 15:11-12 (ASV)

Therefore whether it were I or they, so we preach, and so you believed. Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?

For Christ was the pattern man to all his people. He is their Representative.

Whatever he did, he did for them. Whatever was worked in him will surely be worked in them.

And if Christ rose from the dead, then all who are members of his mystical body must rise too, for when the Head comes out of the grave, you cannot retain the members in it.

Prove that Christ rose, and you prove that his people rise, for they are one with him.