1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ hath not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins;
Noyes Bible
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, then Christ hath not risen;
18then also they that have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:10Thou, therefore, O son of man, say to the house of Israel: Rightly do ye say, “Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and through them we pine away. How then can we live?”
Acts 5:31him hath God exalted by his right hand, as a Leader and Saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and forgiveness of sins.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up on account of our trespasses, and raised from the dead that we might be accepted as righteous.
Romans 8:33Who shall bring any charge against the chosen of God? God is he who accepteth them as righteous.
1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ hath not risen, then is our preaching vain, and vain also is your faith.
Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are according to the Law purified 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 →