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1 Corinthians 15:14

New American Standard Bible (NASB ©1995) [2]
— and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.
King James Version (KJV 1769) [2]
— And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.
English Revised Version (ERV 1885)
— and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
American Standard Version (ASV 1901) [2]
— and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
Webster's Revision of the KJB (WEB 1833)
— And if Christ is not raised, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.
Darby's Translation (DBY 1890)
— but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.
Rotherham's Emphasized Bible (EBR 1902)
— And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith,—
Young's Literal Translation (YLT 1898)
— and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,
Douay-Rheims Challoner Revision (DR 1750)
— And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain: and your faith is also vain.
Geneva Bible (GNV 1560)
— And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine.
Original King James Bible (AV 1611) [2]
— And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine:
Lamsa Bible (1957)
— And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching in vain and your faith is also in vain;
John Etheridge Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1849)
— And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also your faith.
James Murdock Peshitta-Aramaic NT (1852)
— And if the Messiah hath not risen, our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain.

Strong's Numbers & Red-LettersGreek New TestamentColor-Code/Key Word Studies
And 1161
{1161} Prime
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
if 1487
{1487} Prime
εἰ
ei
{i}
A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.
Christ 5547
{5547} Prime
Χριστός
Christos
{khris-tos'}
From G5548; anointed, that is, the Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.
be y1453
[1453] Standard
ἐγείρω
egeiro
{eg-i'-ro}
Probably akin to the base of G0058 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), that is, rouse (literally from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence).
z0
<0000> Grammar
The original word in the Greek or Hebrew is translated by more than one word in the English. The English translation is separated by one or more other words from the original.
not 3756
{3756} Prime
οὐ
ou
{oo}
A primary word; the absolutely negative (compare G3361) adverb; no or not.
risen, 1453
{1453} Prime
ἐγείρω
egeiro
{eg-i'-ro}
Probably akin to the base of G0058 (through the idea of collecting one's faculties); to waken (transitively or intransitively), that is, rouse (literally from sleep, from sitting or lying, from disease, from death; or figuratively from obscurity, inactivity, ruins, nonexistence).
z5769
<5769> Grammar
Tense - Perfect (See G5778)
Voice - Passive (See G5786)
Mood - Indicative (See G5791)
Count - 215
then 686
{0686} Prime
άρα
ara
{ar'-ah}
Probably from G0142 (through the idea of drawing a conclusion); a particle denoting an inference more or less decisive (as follows).
[is] our 2257
{2257} Prime
ἡμῶν
hemon
{hay-mone'}
Genitive plural of G1473; of (or from) us.
preaching 2782
{2782} Prime
κήρυγμα
kerugma
{kay'-roog-mah}
From G2784; a proclamation (especially of the gospel; by implication the gospel itself).
vain, 2756
{2756} Prime
κενός
kenos
{ken-os'}
Apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively).
and y2532
[2532] Standard
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
x1161
(1161) Complement
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
your 5216
{5216} Prime
ὑμῶν
humon
{hoo-mone'}
Genitive case of G5210; of (from or concerning) you.
faith 4102
{4102} Prime
πίστις
pistis
{pis'-tis}
From G3982; persuasion, that is, credence; moral conviction (of religious truth, or the truthfulness of God or a religious teacher), especially reliance upon Christ for salvation; abstractly constancy in such profession; by extension the system of religious (Gospel) truth itself.
[is] y1161
[1161] Standard
δέ
de
{deh}
A primary particle (adversative or continuative); but, and, etc.
also 2532
{2532} Prime
καί
kai
{kahee}
Apparently a primary particle, having a copulative and sometimes also a cumulative force; and, also, even, so, then, too, etc.; often used in connection (or composition) with other particles or small words.
vain. 2756
{2756} Prime
κενός
kenos
{ken-os'}
Apparently a primary word; empty (literally or figuratively).
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14

_ _ your faith ... vain — (1 Corinthians 15:11). The Greek for “vain” here is, empty, unreal: in 1 Corinthians 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 (Acts 1:22; Acts 2:32; Acts 4:10, Acts 4:33; Acts 13:37; Romans 1:4). If this fact were false, the faith built on it must be false too.

Matthew Henry's Commentary

See commentary on 1 Corinthians 15:12-19.

John Wesley's Explanatory Notes

1 Corinthians 15:14

Then is our preaching — From a commission supposed to be given after the resurrection. Vain — Without any real foundation.

Geneva Bible Translation Notes

1 Corinthians 15:14

(5) And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.

(5) The proof of that absurdity, by other absurdities: if Christ is not risen again, the preaching of the Gospel is in vain, and the credit that you gave to it is vain, and we are liars.

Cross-Reference Topical ResearchStrong's Concordance

1 Corinthians 15:2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith [is] vain; ye are yet in your sins.
Psalms 73:13 Verily I have cleansed my heart [in] vain, and washed my hands in innocency.
Isaiah 49:4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: [yet] surely my judgment [is] with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Genesis 8:8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Matthew 15:9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching [for] doctrines the commandments of men.
Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by [that] man whom he hath ordained; [whereof] he hath given assurance unto all [men], in that he hath raised him from the dead.
Galatians 2:2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
James 1:26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion [is] vain.
James 2:20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
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Chain-Reference Bible SearchCross References with Concordance

Gn 8:8. Ps 73:13. Is 49:4. Mt 15:9. Ac 17:31. 1Co 15:2, 17. Ga 2:2. Jm 1:26; 2:20.

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