1 Corinthians 15:14
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And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain: and your faith is also vain.

1 Corinthians 15:2,17 By which also you are saved, if you hold fast after what manner I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain. . . .

Psalm 73:13 And I said: Then have I in vain justified my heart, and washed my hands among the innocent.

Isaiah 49:4 And I said: I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength without cause and in vain: therefore my judgment is with the Lord, and my work with my God.

Genesis 8:8 He sent forth also a dove after him, to see if the waters had now ceased upon the face of the earth.

Matthew 15:9 And in vain do they worship me, teaching doctrines and commandments of men.

Acts 17:31 Because he hath appointed a day wherein he will judge the world in equity, by the man whom he hath appointed: giving faith to all, by raising him up from the dead.

Galatians 2:2 And I went up according to revelation and communicated to them the gospel which I preach among the Gentiles: but apart to them who seemed to be some thing: lest perhaps I should run or had run in vain.

James 1:26 And if any man think himself to be religious, not bridling his tongue but deceiving 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?

Context
The Resurrection of the Dead
13But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again. 14And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain: and your faith is also vain. 15Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God: because we have given testimony against God, that he hath raised up Christ, whom he hath not raised up, if the dead rise not again.…
Cross References
1 Corinthians 15:13
But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then Christ is not risen again.

1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again: even so them who have slept through Jesus, will God bring with him.

Lexicon
And
δὲ (de)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1161: A primary particle; but, and, etc.

if
εἰ (ei)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 1487: If. A primary particle of conditionality; if, whether, that, etc.

Christ
Χριστὸς (Christos)
Noun - Nominative Masculine Singular
Strong's Greek 5547: Anointed One; the Messiah, the Christ. From chrio; Anointed One, i.e. The Messiah, an epithet of Jesus.

has not been raised,
ἐγήγερται (egēgertai)
Verb - Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive - 3rd Person Singular
Strong's Greek 1453: (a) I wake, arouse, (b) I raise up. Probably akin to the base of agora; to waken, i.e. Rouse.

our
ἡμῶν (hēmōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 1st Person Plural
Strong's Greek 1473: I, the first-person pronoun. A primary pronoun of the first person I.

preaching
κήρυγμα (kērygma)
Noun - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2782: A proclamation, preaching. From kerusso; a proclamation.

[is] worthless,
κενὸν (kenon)
Adjective - Nominative Neuter Singular
Strong's Greek 2756: Apparently a primary word; empty.

and
καὶ (kai)
Conjunction
Strong's Greek 2532: And, even, also, namely.

[so is]
κενὴ (kenē)
Adjective - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 2756: Apparently a primary word; empty.

your
ὑμῶν (hymōn)
Personal / Possessive Pronoun - Genitive 2nd Person Plural
Strong's Greek 4771: You. The person pronoun of the second person singular; thou.

faith.
πίστις (pistis)
Noun - Nominative Feminine Singular
Strong's Greek 4102: Faith, belief, trust, confidence; fidelity, faithfulness.


Additional Translations
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

And if Christ has not been raised, then also our preaching is void, and your faith is void.

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.

but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also [is] our preaching, and vain also your faith.

and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.

And if Christ is not raised, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.

If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,
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