1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.
Bible in Basic English
In The King James Version
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
In Context
13But if there is no coming back from the dead, then Christ has not come back from the dead:
Cross References
Genesis 8:8And he sent out a dove, to see if the waters had gone from the face of the earth;
Isaiah 49:4And I said, I have undergone weariness for nothing, I have given my strength for no purpose or profit: but still the Lord will take up my cause, and my God will give me my reward.
Acts 17:31Because a day has been fixed in which all the world will be judged in righteousness by the man who has been marked out by him for this work; of which he has given a sign to all men by giving him back from the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:17And if that is so, your faith is of no effect; you are still in your sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we have faith that Jesus underwent death and came back again, even so those who are sleeping will come again with him by God's power.
James 2:20Do you not see, O foolish man, that faith without works is of no use?
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 →