1 Corinthians 15:14
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
World English 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 is no resurrection of the dead, neither has Christ been raised.
Cross References
Genesis 8:8He himself sent out a dove to see if the waters were abated from the surface of the ground,
Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain. I have spent my strength in vain for nothing; yet surely the justice due to me is with the LORD, and my reward with my God.”
Acts 17:31because he has appointed a day in which he will judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; of which he has given assurance to all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.”
1 Corinthians 15:17If Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain; you are still in your sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep in Jesus.
James 2:20But do you want to know, vain man, that faith apart from 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 →