| 13. Linguistic Exegesis The verse opens with the conditional marker ei {εἰ | eí} “if” coupled with de {δὲ | dé} to introduce a premise. The nominative noun anastasis {ἀνάστασις | anástasis} “resurrection” serves as the subject, modified by the genitive nekron {νεκρῶν | nekrôn} “of the dead,” specifying whose rising is denied. The verb estin {ἔστιν | éstin} “is” combines with the negator ouk {οὐκ | ouk} to deny existence. Oude {οὐδὲ | oudé} functions as a correlative conjunction, extending the denial into the apodosis, where Christos {Χριστός | Khristós} is subject of the perfect passive verb egegertai {ἐγήγερται | egḗgertai} “has been raised,” whose perfect aspect highlights a completed divine act with ongoing relevance. Paul’s syntactic pairing underscores that rejecting the general resurrection nullifies Christ’s rising, and in English the correlative negation is preserved with “either.” |