1 Corinthians 15:14
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:
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, then is not Christ raised:
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Compare
- BSB
- And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
- KJV
- And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
- WEB
- If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
- ASV
- and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
- DARBY
- but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.
- BLB
- And if Christ has not been raised, then also our preaching [is] void, and your⁺ faith [is] void.
- ÅB
- men har Kristus ikke stått opp, da er vår forkynnelse intet, da er også deres tro intet;
- OTB
- Og hvis Kristus ikke er oppreist, da er vår forkynnelse uten hensikt, og deres tro er også uten hensikt.
- B1930
- men er Kristus ikke opstanden, da er vår forkynnelse intet, da er også eders tro intet;
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Read in context1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Read in contextActs 17:31
Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Read in contextJames 2:20
But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Read in contextMatthew 15:9
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Read in context1 Corinthians 15:2
By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Read in contextGalatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
Read in contextPsalms 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
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