1 Corinthians 15:17
but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Darby Translation
In The King James Version
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
In Context
16For if [those that are] dead are not raised, neither is Christ raised;
18Then indeed also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:10And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel, Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we waste away in them, how then should we live?
Acts 5:31Him has God exalted by his right hand as leader and saviour, to give repentance to Israel and remission of sins.
Romans 4:25who has been delivered for our offences and has been raised for our justification, it will be reckoned.
Romans 8:33Who shall bring an accusation against God's elect? [It is] God who justifies:
1 Corinthians 15:14but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.
Hebrews 9:22and almost all things are purified with blood according to the law, and without blood-shedding there 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 →