1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Revised Version 1895
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 hath Christ been raised:
18Then they also which are fallen asleep in Christ have perished.
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:10And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Thus ye speak, saying, Our transgressions and our sins are upon us, and we pine away in them; how then should we live?
Acts 5:31Him did God exalt with his right hand to be a Prince and a Saviour, for to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins.
Romans 4:25who was delivered up for our trespasses, and was raised for our justification.
Romans 8:33Who shall lay anything to the charge of God’s elect? It is God that justifieth;
1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
Hebrews 9:22And according to the law, I may almost say, all things are cleansed with blood, and apart from 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 →