1 Corinthians 15:14

and if Christ hath not risen, then is our preaching vain, and vain also is your faith.

Noyes Bible

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 hath not risen;

15And we are also found false witnesses concerning God; because we testified concerning God that he raised up Christ, whom he did not raise up, if so be that the dead rise not.

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Cross References

Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have labored in vain; For naught, for vanity, have I spent my strength; Yet my cause is with Jehovah, And my reward with my God.

Acts 17:31inasmuch as he hath fixed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he hath appointed; having given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:17and if Christ hath not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins;

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, then also will God, through Jesus, bring again with him those who have fallen asleep.

James 2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is idle?

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 →

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