1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ be not risen again, your faith is vain, for you are yet in your sins.
Douay-Rheims 1899
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 the dead rise not again, neither is Christ risen again.
18Then they also that are fallen asleep in Christ, are perished.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:10Thou therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: Thus you have spoken, saying: Our iniquities, and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them: how then can we live?
Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand, to be Prince and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
Romans 4:25Who was delivered up for our sins, and rose again for our justification.
Romans 8:33Who shall accuse against the elect of God? God that justifieth.
1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Hebrews 9:22And almost all things, according to the law, are cleansed with blood: and without shedding of blood 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 →