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1 Corinthians 15:14
1 Corinthians 15:14 is verse 14 of 1 Corinthians chapter 15, shown here in the Berean Standard Bible.
Berean Standard Bible
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
King James Version
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
World English Bible
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith also is in vain.
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1 Corinthians 15:12–16 · Berean Standard Bible
12 But if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?
13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.
14 And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.
15 In that case, we are also exposed as false witnesses about God. For we have testified about God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.
16 For if the dead are not raised, then not even Christ has been raised.
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Cross-references
The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge lists these related verses. Scripture text comes from the Berean Standard Bible.
1 Corinthians 15:2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
Psalms 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
Isaiah 49:4But I said, “I have labored in vain, I have spent My strength in futility and vanity; yet My vindication is with the LORD, and My reward is with My God.”
Genesis 8:8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Matthew 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
Acts 17:31For He has set a day when He will judge the world with justice by the Man He has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising Him from the dead.”
Galatians 2:2I went in response to a revelation and set before them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles. But I spoke privately to those recognized as leaders, for fear that I was running or had already run in vain.
James 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.
James 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?