1 Corinthians 15:14

1 Corinthians 15:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
• New International Version (NIV)And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith.
• English Standard Version (ESV)And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
• New King James Version (NKJV)And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.

Context of 1 Corinthians 15:14

12Now if Christ is being preached as raised from the dead, how can some of you say there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty. 15Also, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that he raised Christ from the dead, when in reality he did not raise him, if indeed the dead are not raised. 16For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.

1 Corinthians 15:14 word by word

εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, κενὸν ἄρα καὶ τὸ κήρυγμα ἡμῶν, κενὴ καὶ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν.Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• beἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thenἄραara · thereforeG686
• ourἐγώegō · I/weG1473
• preachingὁho hē to · the/this/whoG3588
• preachingκήρυγμαkērugma · preachingG2782
• vainκενόςkenos · emptyG2756
• yourσύsu · youG4771
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102
• alsoκαίkai · andG2532

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:14

• 1 Corinthians 15:2and by which you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you – unless you believed in vain.
• Psalms 73:13I concluded, “Surely in vain I have kept my motives pure and maintained a pure lifestyle.
• Isaiah 49:4But I thought, “I have worked in vain; I have expended my energy for absolutely nothing.” But the Lord will vindicate me; my God will reward me.
• Genesis 8:8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
• Matthew 15:9and they worship me in vain, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
• Acts 17:31because he has set a day on which he is going to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom he designated, having provided proof to everyone by raising him from the dead.”
• Galatians 2:2I went there because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I did so only in a private meeting with the influential people, to make sure that I was not running – or had not run – in vain.
• James 1:26If someone thinks he is religious yet does not bridle his tongue, and so deceives his heart, his religion is futile.
• James 2:20But would you like evidence, you empty fellow, that faith without works is useless?

Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15:14

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 14Then is our preaching vain - Our whole doctrine is useless, nugatory and false. And your faith is also vain - Your belief of a false doctrine must necessarily be to you unprofitable.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching vain - Another consequence which must follow if it be held that there was no resurrection, and consequently that Christ was not risen. it would be vain and useless to preach. The substance of their preaching was that Christ was raised up; and all their preaching was based on that. If that were not true, the whole system was false, and Christianity was an imposition. The word vain here seems to include the…Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 12-19Verses 12-19 Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There had been no justification, or salvation, if Christ had not risen. And must not faith in Christ be vain, and of no use, if he is still among the dead? The proof of the resurrection of the body is the resurrection of our Lord. Even those who died in the faith, had perished in their sins, if Christ had not risen. All who believe in…Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 14-18If Christ did not rise from the dead, then the Christian faith is pointless. However, Jesus’ resurrection proves that His sacrifice completely atoned for human sins (see 15:3). Without Christ's resurrection, people remain unforgiven and under God's judgment, still guilty of their sins (see Romans 3:19; Ephesians 2:1–3).Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. your faith ... vain--(1Co 15:11). The Greek for "vain" here is, empty, unreal: in 1Co 15:17, on the other hand, it is, without use, frustrated. The principal argument of the first preachers in support of Christianity was that God had raised Christ from the dead (Ac 1:22; 2:32; 4:10, 33; 13:37; Ro 1:4). If this fact were false, the faith built on it must be false too.Read the comment

Topics related to 1 Corinthians 15:14

• Immortality
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In the dictionaries

• Christ
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• Awake
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• Differ
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Commentaries on 1 Corinthians 15

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Illustrated New Testament
• Burkitt’s Expository Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Family Bible Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Luther’s Commentary on Selected Bible Passages
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• The People’s New Testament
• Robertson’s Word Pictures
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• The Fourfold Gospel and Commentary on Acts
• Original Douay–Rheims Annotations
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings