Parallel Verses
Youngs Literal Translation
and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,
New American Standard Bible
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King James Version
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Holman Bible
and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without foundation, and so is your faith.
International Standard Version
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then our message means nothing and your faith means nothing.
A Conservative Version
And if Christ has not risen, then our preaching is empty, and your faith is also empty.
American Standard Version
and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
Amplified
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain [useless, amounting to nothing], and your faith is also vain [imaginary, unfounded, devoid of value and benefit—not based on truth].
An Understandable Version
And if Christ has not been raised up, then our preaching is for nothing, and your faith is for nothing too.
Anderson New Testament
And if Christ has not been raised, then vain is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
Bible in Basic English
And if Christ did not come again from the dead, then our good news and your faith in it are of no effect.
Common New Testament
if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and so is your faith.
Daniel Mace New Testament
and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is empty talk, and your faith even meer amusement.
Darby Translation
but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
Godbey New Testament
but if Christ is not risen, then indeed is our preaching vain, and your faith is vain.
Goodspeed New Testament
and if Christ was not raised, there is nothing in our message; there is nothing in our faith either,
John Wesley New Testament
And if Christ be not raised, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Julia Smith Translation
And if Christ has not risen, then our proclaiming vain, and also your faith vain.
King James 2000
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Lexham Expanded Bible
But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching [is] in vain, and your faith [is] in vain.
Modern King James verseion
And if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is worthless, and your faith is also worthless.
Modern Spelling Tyndale-Coverdale
If Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also in vain.
Moffatt New Testament
and if Christ did not rise, then our preaching has gone for nothing, and your faith has gone for nothing too.
Montgomery New Testament
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, and vain also is your faith.
NET Bible
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.
New Heart English Bible
If Christ has not been raised, then our proclaiming is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
Noyes New Testament
and if Christ hath not risen, then is our preaching vain, and vain also is your faith.
Sawyer New Testament
and if Christ has not been raised, then both our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain;
The Emphasized Bible
And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith, -
Thomas Haweis New Testament
and if Christ be not risen, vain indeed is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
Twentieth Century New Testament
And, if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is without meaning, and our faith without meaning also!
Webster
And if Christ is not raised, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Weymouth New Testament
And if Christ has not risen, it follows that what we preach is a delusion, and that your faith also is a delusion.
Williams New Testament
and if Christ was not raised, the message which we preach has nothing in it; there is nothing in our faith either,
World English Bible
If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.
Worrell New Testament
and, if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, and vain is your faith;
Worsley New Testament
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
Themes
Resurrection » If there is no resurrection
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Was necessary to » The efficacy of faith
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » The truth of the gospel involved in
Jesus Christ, Resurrection » Was necessary to » The efficacy of preaching
The Resurrection » Certainty of, proved by the resurrection of Christ
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References
American
Easton
Fausets
Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning The Resurrection Of The Dead
13 and if there be no rising again of dead persons, neither hath Christ risen; 14 and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith, 15 and we also are found false witnesses of God, because we did testify of God that He raised up the Christ, whom He did not raise if then dead persons do not rise;
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 8:8
And he sendeth forth the dove from him to see whether the waters have been lightened from off the face of the ground,
Psalm 73:13
Only -- a vain thing! I have purified my heart, And I wash in innocency my hands,
Isaiah 49:4
And I said, 'For a vain thing I laboured, For emptiness and vanity my power I consumed, But my judgment is with Jehovah, And my wage with my God.
Matthew 15:9
and in vain do they worship Me, teaching teachings -- commands of men.'
Acts 17:31
because He did set a day in which He is about to judge the world in righteousness, by a man whom He did ordain, having given assurance to all, having raised him out of the dead.'
1 Corinthians 15:2
through which also ye are being saved, in what words I proclaimed good news to you, if ye hold fast, except ye did believe in vain,
1 Corinthians 15:17
and if Christ hath not risen, vain is your faith, ye are yet in your sins;
Galatians 2:2
and I went up by revelation, and did submit to them the good news that I preach among the nations, and privately to those esteemed, lest in vain I might run or did run;
1 Thessalonians 4:14
for if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also God those asleep through Jesus he will bring with him,
James 1:26
If any one doth think to be religious among you, not bridling his tongue, but deceiving his heart, of this one vain is the religion;
James 2:20
And dost thou wish to know, O vain man, that the faith apart from the works is dead?