1 Corinthians 15:17

And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

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KJV

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

ASV

and if Christ hath not been raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

YLT

and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;

DBT

but if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.

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For if the dead rise not, neither hath Christ risen, but if Christ hath not risen, your faith is vain—-ye are yet in your sins; from that which was confessed and believed in by them, he confutes them and says: for if He, concerning whom …

Cosmas Indicopleustes· The Christian Topography, Book 7, 550patristic

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If the cross is an illusion, the resurrection is an illusion also, and "if Christ has not risen, we are still in our sins." If the cross is an illusion, the ascension is also an illusion, and everything, finally, becomes unsubstantial.

Cyril of Jerusalem· Catechetical Lecture 13, 386patristic

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain,....

John Gill· Exposition of the Entire Bible, 1771reformed

Your faith is vain, - 1Co 15:14. The meaning of this passage here is, that their faith was vain, because, if Christ was not raised up, they were yet unpardoned sinners. The pardon of sin was connected with the belief of the resurrection of the Lord Jesus, and, if he was not raised, they were still in a state of sin. Ye are yet in your sins - Your sins are yet unpardoned. They can be forgiven only by faith in him, and by the efficacy of his blood.

Albert Barnes· Notes on the Old and New Testaments, 1870evangelical

Ye are still in your sins - That is, under the guilt of them. So that there needed something more than reformation, (which was plainly wrought,) in order to their being delivered from the guilt of sin even that atonement, the sufficiency of which God attested by raising our great Surety from the grave.

John Wesley (NT Notes)· Explanatory Notes upon the Bible, 1765evangelical

From our Saviour's resurrection he establishes the resurrection of the dead and confirms the Corinthians in the belief of it by some other considerations,

Matthew Henry· Commentary on the Whole Bible, 1710puritan

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Romans 4:25
He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
1 Corinthians 15:14
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
1 Peter 1:21
Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and glorified Him; and so your faith and hope are in God.
Romans 8:33–34
Who will bring any charge against God’s elect? It is God who justifies.
Romans 5:10
For if, when we were enemies of God, we were reconciled to Him through the death of His Son, how much more, having been reconciled, shall we be saved through His life!
Acts 5:31
God exalted Him to His right hand as Prince and Savior, in order to grant repentance and forgiveness of sins to Israel.
Hebrews 10:4–12
because it is impossible for the blood of bulls and goats to take away sins.
1 Corinthians 15:2
By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
John 8:21
Again He said to them, “I am going away, and you will look for Me, but you will die in your sin. Where I am going, you cannot come.”
Hebrews 9:22–28
According to the law, in fact, nearly everything must be purified with blood, and without the shedding of blood there is no forgiveness.
Acts 13:38–39
Therefore let it be known to you, brothers, that through Jesus the forgiveness of sins is proclaimed to you.

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The Crucifixion — 'Christ crucified' (1 Cor 2:2) — Gustave Doré (engraving, public domain)

1 Corinthians — A pastoral letter answering a long list of questions and problems — unity, ethics, worship, and the resurrection — written to a gifted but divided church.

Canon: New Testament
Author: Paul, with Sosthenes (1:1)
Date: c. AD 55, from Ephesus

More cross-references4 further linked verses, grouped by book▾ open

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Ezekiel 33:10Now as for you, son of man, tell the house of Israel that this…

Galatians1

Galatians 2:21I do not set aside the grace of God. For if righteousness comes through…

Hebrews1

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Two steps out along the cross-reference floor, votes-ranked — destinations reached by more than one path rise (the text's own hubs). Every stop is a page, and every stop travels with its words.

Through
1 Peter 1:3
Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ! By His great mercy He has given us new birth into a living hope through the resurrection of Jesus Christ from the dead,
leads to
- 1 Peter 1:23
  For you have been born again, not of perishable seed, but of imperishable, through the living and enduring word of God.
- 1 John 5:4
  because everyone born of God overcomes the world. And this is the victory that has overcome the world: our faith.
- Romans 15:13
  Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you believe in Him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
- Titus 3:4–6
  But when the kindness of God our Savior and His love for mankind appeared,
- Ephesians 1:7
  In Him we have redemption through His blood, the forgiveness of our trespasses, according to the riches of His grace
Through
Romans 4:25
He was delivered over to death for our trespasses and was raised to life for our justification.
leads to
- 1 John 4:9–10
  This is how God’s love was revealed among us: God sent His one and only Son into the world, so that we might live through Him.
- Isaiah 53:5–6
  But He was pierced for our transgressions, He was crushed for our iniquities; the punishment that brought us peace was upon Him, and by His stripes we are healed.
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
  God made Him who knew no sin to be sin on our behalf, so that in Him we might become the righteousness of God.

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