If Jesus did not actually rise from the dead, then His apostles were in a worse situation than other people.
The apostles and other Christians were charged with living a righteous life in Jesus, giving up many worldly pleasures that others enjoyed and not joining in social rituals that worship false gods. They were frequently prosecuted. In fact, all of the apostles except for John died an unnatural death. Judas hanged himself, James the son of Zebedee was executed by Herod, Paul was beheaded, Peter was crucified (upside down at his request), Andrew was crucified, Thomas was speared to death, Matthew was stabbed to death (though some contend he was not martyred), James was stoned then clubbed, Matthais (chosen to replace Judas) was burned. It is unclear what type of unnatural death Philip, Bartholomew, Simon the Zealot suffered.
There were several mass persecutions of Christians in the 300 years after Jesus’s death, where Christians were covered in stiff wax and set on fire, put in skins of animals and fed to dogs, beheaded, boiled and crucified. They were blamed for natural disasters and killed. They were mocked and killed for the entertainment of the rulers. They were killed because Christianity was spreading across the Roman empire with beliefs contrary to the Roman worship of Roman gods.
Christians today are called to live their lives according to Scripture and stay away from sinful worldly temptations. Some say, at the time of this writing, that Christian persecution is the highest in modern history with 11 Christians killed each day in 50 countries on the “World Watch List” simply because they are Christians.
https://connectusfund.org/1-corinthians-15-19-meaning-of-verse-and-simple-commentary
If we hang our hopes only on this temporary world, we are pitiful this world is full of disappointments. We are bound to be let down time and again when we place our hope only in this world that we live in. Everything on this earth will come to an end. Nothing here lasts. There has to be something more. Something greater than what we know in the here and now. Something that endures. There waits for us a hope greater than anything we know on this earth and that is the hope we find in Christ and in our place with Him in eternity. His resurrection has paved the way for our own. We have nothing to lose and everything to gain when we set our hopes on the world beyond this one.
And we pray:
Lord, my hope is in You alone. I will not place my hope in the people and things of this world. I will place my hope in eternity with Christ and in the place He has prepared for me there. Amen.