1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;
Young's Literal Translation
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 dead persons do not rise, neither hath Christ risen,
18then, also, those having fallen asleep in Christ did perish;
Cross References
Ezekiel 33:10And thou, son of man, say unto the house of Israel: Rightly ye have spoken, saying: Surely our transgressions and our sins [are] on us, And in them we are wasting away, How, then, do we live?
Acts 5:31this one God, a Prince and a Saviour, hath exalted with His right hand, to give reformation to Israel, and forgiveness of sins;
Romans 4:25who was delivered up because of our offences, and was raised up because of our being declared righteous.
Romans 8:33Who shall lay a charge against the choice ones of God? God [is] He that is declaring righteous,
1 Corinthians 15:14and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,
Hebrews 9:22and with blood almost all things are purified according to the law, and apart from blood-shedding forgiveness doth not come.
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 →