But in order that its full force may be better apprehended, it may be useful to present it more in detail, as: In Romans “God commendeth his love toward us in that while we were yet sinners, Christ died for us” (Rom. v. 8); “Christ being raised from the dead, dieth no more” (Rom. vi. 9); “Christ that died, yea, rather that is risen again, who is even at the right hand of God” (Rom. viii. 34); “Declared to be the Son of God, with power according to the spirit of holiness, by the resurrection from the dead” (Rom. i. 4); “The word is nigh thee, in thy mouth and in thy heart, that is the word of faith which we preach, that if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thy heart _that God hath raised him from the dead_, thou shalt be saved” (Rom. x. 8, 9); And to the Galatians—“Paul, an Apostle, not of men, neither by man, but by Jesus Christ, and God the Father who _raised him from the dead_” (Gal. i. 1); And to the Corinthians—“Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead!” “But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is _Christ_ not risen;” “And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain;” “Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God because we have _testified_ of God that he raised up Christ, whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not” (1 Cor. xv. 12 to 16); “For I delivered unto you FIRST OF ALL that which I also received, how that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures; and that he was buried, and that he rose again the third day according to the Scriptures; and that he was seen of Cephas, then of the twelve; after that he was seen of about five hundred brethren at once, of whom the greater part remain unto this present, but some are fallen asleep; after that he was seen of James; then of all the Apostles; and last of all he was seen of me also, as one born out of due time; for I am the least of the Apostles and am not meet to be called an Apostle because I persecuted the Church of God” (1 Cor. xv. 3-10).