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1 Corinthians 15:14 KJV
1 Corinthians · chapter 15 · verse 14
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.1 Corinthians 15:14 · King James Version
1 Corinthians 15:14 in context
12Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:
14And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
15Yea, 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.
16For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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Key words (Strong's)
- preachingkērygmathat which is proclaimed by a herald or public crier, a proclamation by herald, in the NT…G2782 →
- ChristchristosChrist = " anointed" , Christ was [and is], anointedG5547 →
- risenegeirōto arouse, cause to rise, to arouse from sleep, to awake, to arouse from the sleep of…G1453 →
- faithpistisconviction of the truth of anything, belief in the NT of a conviction or belief…G4102 →
- vainkenosempty, vain, devoid of truth, of places, vessels, etc. which contain nothing, of men…G2756 →
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Having confirmed the truth of our Saviour's resurrection, the apostle goes on to refute those among the Corinthians who said there would be none: If Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? Co1 15:12.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 12-19