1 Corinthians 15:16-20

For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised;

and if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

If we have hoped in Christ only in this life, we are of all people most to be pitied. The Order of Resurrection

But the fact is, Christ has been raised from the dead, the first fruits of those who are asleep.