1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.
Cross References
Genesis 8:8He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.
Isaiah 49:4And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.
Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed; giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:17And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For this we say unto you in the word of the Lord, that we who are alive, who remain unto the coming of the Lord, shall not prevent them who have slept.
James 2:20But wilt thou know, O vain 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 →