1 Corinthians 15:14
And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also your faith.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
In The King James Version
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
In Context
13And if there be no life for the dead, (then) neither hath the Meshiha risen.
Cross References
Acts 17:31because he hath set a day in which he will judge the whole earth in righteousness by that Man whom he hath ordained; and he will convert every man to the faith of him in having raised him from among the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:17and if Meshiha hath not risen, your faith is made void and you are still in your sins.
1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jeshu died and arose, so also Aloha those who have slept in Jeshu will bring with him.
James 2:20Art thou willing to know, O weak 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 →