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 preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15And indeed, we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified concerning God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not, if in fact the dead rise not. 16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ 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

• Andδέde · thenG1161
• ifεἰei · ifG1487
• ChristΧριστόςChristos · ChristG5547
• isἐγείρωegeirō · to ariseG1453
• notοὐou · noG3756
• thenἄραara · thereforeG686
• ourἡμῶνhēmōn · of usG2257
• preachingκήρυγμαkērugma · preachingG2782
• vainκενόςkenos · emptyG2756
• andκαίkai · andG2532
• yourὑμῶνhumōn · of youG5216
• faithπίστιςpistis · faithG4102

Cross-references for 1 Corinthians 15:14

• 1 Corinthians 15:2By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached to you, unless ye have believed in vain.
• Psalms 73:13Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
• Isaiah 49:4Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
• Genesis 8:8Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
• Matthew 15:9But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
• Acts 17:31Because he hath appointed a day, when he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; of which he hath given assurance to all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
• Galatians 2:2And I went by revelation, and communicated to them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
• James 1:26If any man among you seemeth to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man’s religion is vain.
• James 2:20But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?

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

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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