Then he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground;
1 Corinthians 15:14 - New Revised Standard Version and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain. 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. |
Then he sent out the dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground;
All in vain I have kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my cause is with the Lord, and my reward with my God.”
because he has fixed a day on which he will have the world judged in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed, and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
If there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised;
If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
through which also you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message that I proclaimed to you—unless you have come to believe in vain.
I went up in response to a revelation. Then I laid before them (though only in a private meeting with the acknowledged leaders) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure that I was not running, or had not run, in vain.
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have died.
If any think they are religious, and do not bridle their tongues but deceive their hearts, their religion is worthless.
Do you want to be shown, you senseless person, that faith apart from works is barren?