1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
King James Version
In Context
16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ are perished.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:10Therefore, O thou son of man, speak unto the house of Israel; Thus ye speak, saying, If our transgressions and our sins be upon us, and we pine away in them, how should we then live?
Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Romans 4:25Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 8:33Who shall lay any thing to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth.
1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are by the law purged with blood; and without shedding of blood is no remission.
Matthew Henry on 1 Corinthians 15:13-20
The Resurrection of Saints. ( a. d. 57.) 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 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. 16 For if the dead rise not,… Read the whole commentary →