1 Corinthians 15:14

and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, and vain also is your faith.

Montgomery New Testament

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 from the dead, then not even Christ has been raised;

15More than that, we are detected in bearing false witness against God; because we testified of God that he raised Christ from the dead, whom he did not raise, if indeed the dead rise not.

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Cross References

Acts 17:31inasmuch as he has fixed a day in which he will judge the world justly, by the Man whom he has ordained, and he has given proof of all this by raising him from the dead."

1 Corinthians 15:17and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain, you are still in your sins.

1 Thessalonians 4:14For if we really believe that Jesus died and rose again, so even so will God through Jesus bring with him those also who have fallen asleep.

James 2:20But do you want to be convinced, O foolish man, that faith apart from deeds is barren?

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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