1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is useless, and your faith is also useless.
Catholic Public Domain Version
In The King James Version
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
In Context
13For if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not risen.
Cross References
Genesis 8:8Likewise, he sent forth a dove after him, in order to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah 49:4And I said: “I have labored toward emptiness. I have consumed my strength without purpose and in vain. Therefore, my judgment is with the Lord, and my work is with my God.”
Acts 17:31For he has appointed a day on which he will judge the world in equity, through the man whom he has appointed, offering faith to all, by raising him from the dead.”
1 Corinthians 15:17But if Christ has not risen, then your faith is vain; for you would still be in your sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus has died and risen again, so also will God bring back with Jesus those who sleep in him.
James 2:20So then, are you willing to understand, O foolish man, that faith without works is dead?
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 →