1 Corinthians 15:17
And if the Messiah rose not, your faith is inane; and ye are yet in your sins:
James Murdock's Translation of the Syriac Peshitta
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 will not arise, the Messiah also hath not risen.
18and also, doubtless, they who have fallen asleep in the Messiah, have perished.
Cross References
Acts 5:31Him hath God established as a head and vivifier; and hath exalted him to his own right hand, so that he might give repentance and remission of sins to Israel.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up, on account of our sins; and arose, that he might justify us.
Romans 8:33Who will set himself against the chosen of God? It is God who justifieth.
1 Corinthians 15:14And if the Messiah hath not risen, our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain.
Hebrews 9:22because every thing, according to the law, is purified with blood: and without the 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 →