1 Corinthians 15:14
“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead?
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.
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.
For if the dead rise not, then is not Christ raised:
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Cross-References
“That if thou shalt confess with thy mouth the Lord Jesus, and shalt believe in thine heart that God hath raised him from the dead, thou shalt be saved.”
“Except the Lord build the house, they labour in vain that build it: except the Lord keep the city, the watchman waketh but in vain.”
“I do not frustrate the grace of God: for if righteousness come by the law, then Christ is dead in vain.”
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”