Noah also sent out a dove. Noah wanted the dove to find dry ground. He wanted to know if water still covered the earth.
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Easy To Read Version And if Christ has never been raised, then the message we tell people is worth nothing. And your faith is worth nothing. Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 and if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is in vain [it amounts to nothing] and your faith is devoid of truth and is fruitless (without effect, empty, imaginary, and unfounded). American Standard Version (1901) and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain. Common English Bible If Christ hasn’t been raised, then our preaching is useless and your faith is useless. Catholic Public Domain Version And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is useless, and your faith is also useless. Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. |
Noah also sent out a dove. Noah wanted the dove to find dry ground. He wanted to know if water still covered the earth.
So why should I make my heart pure?\par Why should I make my hands clean?\par
I said,\par “I worked hard for nothing.\par I wore myself out,\par but I did nothing useful.\par I used all my power,\par but I did not really do anything.\par So, the Lord must decide\par what to do with me.\par God must decide my reward.\par
Their worship of me is for nothing.\par The things they teach are only rules\par that people have made.’”\par \i (Isaiah 29:13)\i0 \par
God has decided a day when he will judge all the people in the world. He will be fair. He will use a man (Jesus) to do this. God chose this man long ago. And God has proved this to every person; God proved it by raising that man from death!”
If people will never be raised from death, then Christ has never been raised from death.
And if Christ has not been raised from death, then your faith is for nothing; you are still guilty of your sins.
You are saved by this message. But you must continue believing the things I told you. If you don’t do that, then you believed for nothing.
I went because God showed me that I should go. I went to those men who were considered to be the leaders \{of the believers\}. When we were alone, I told these men the Good News {\cf2\super [10]} I tell to the non-Jewish people. \{I wanted these men to understand my work,\} so that my past work and the work I do now would not be wasted.
We believe that Jesus died. But we believe that Jesus rose again. So, because of Jesus, God will raise to be with Jesus those people who have died.
You might think you are religious (good). But if you say things you should not say, then you are fooling yourself. Your “religion” is worth nothing.
You foolish person! Must you be shown that faith that does nothing is worth nothing?