1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ be not risen, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1770 John Worsley NT
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, then Christ is not raised:
18Then they also that sleep in Christ, are perished.
Cross References
Acts 5:31Him hath God exalted with his right hand as a prince and saviour, to give repentance to Israel, and remission of sins:
Romans 4:25who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
Romans 8:33Who shall lay any accusation against the elect of God? will God, who justifieth us?
1 Corinthians 15:14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Hebrews 9:22And according to the law almost all things are purified with blood; and without 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 →