1 Corinthians 15:14

but if Christ is not risen, then indeed is our preaching vain, and your faith is vain.

1902 William Baxter Godbey NT

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, Christ is not risen:

15And we are indeed found false witnesses of God; because we testified according to God that he raised Christ: whom he did not raise, if then the dead rise not.

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Cross References

Acts 17:31as He has appointed a day, in which he is about to judge the world in righteousness by the man whom he has ordained; giving faith to all, having raised Him from the dead.

1 Corinthians 15:17But if Christ is not risen, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins.

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we believe that Jesus died and is risen, so also will God bring with him those who sleep in Jesus.

James 2:20Do you wish to know, O vain man, that faith apart from works is inefficient?

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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