1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Meshiha hath not risen, your faith is made void and you are still in your sins.
The Peschito Syriac New Testament: Translated into English by John Wesley Etheridge
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, Meshiha also hath not risen
18And already have they too who have slept in Meshiha perished.
Cross References
Acts 5:31Him hath Aloha constituted a Prince and a Saviour, and elevated him at his right hand, to give repentance and remission of sins unto Israel.
Romans 4:25who was delivered for our sins, and rose that he might justify us.
Romans 8:33Who is against the chosen of Aloha? Aloha justifieth.
1 Corinthians 15:14And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also your faith.
Hebrews 9:22Because every thing with blood was purified under the law; 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 →