1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain, you are still in your sins.
Montgomery 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 rise not, neither has Christ arisen;
18More than that, those who are sleeping in Christ have perished.
Cross References
Acts 5:31"Him God has exalted at his right hand as Prince and Saviour, to give Israel repentance and forgiveness of sins.
Romans 4:25who was betrayed to death for our transgressions, and raised again to life for our justification.
Romans 8:33Who shall accuse God’s elect? God acquits them;
1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, and vain also is your faith.
Hebrews 9:22almost everything is purified by blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no remission of sins.
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 →