1 Corinthians 15:14

and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

In Context

13and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen;

15and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;

Read all of 1 Corinthians 15

Cross References

Genesis 8:8And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,

Isaiah 49:4And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment [is] with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.

Acts 17:31because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'

1 Corinthians 15:17and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

1 Thessalonians 4:14for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,

James 2:20And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?

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 →

This Verse In Other Editions

Study 1 Corinthians 15:14