1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Thomas Haweis 1795 New Testament
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 are not raised, neither is Christ risen:
18Then also they who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Cross References
Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted at his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, to give repentance unto Israel, and remission of sins.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 8:33Who shall put in an accusation against the elect of God? God? He is their justifier.
1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ be not risen, vain indeed is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
Hebrews 9:22And almost all things are purified by blood according to the law, and without effusion of blood there is no remission of sin.
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 →