Parallel Verses
King James 2000
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
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.
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.
Youngs Literal Translation
and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,
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
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Word Count of 37 Translations in 1 Corinthians 15:14
Verse Info
Context Readings
Concerning The Resurrection Of The Dead
13 But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: 14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. 15 Yea, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he raised not up, if so be that the dead rise not.
Phrases
Cross References
Genesis 8:8
Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;
Psalm 73:13
Verily I have cleansed my heart in vain, and washed my hands in innocence.
Isaiah 49:4
Then I said, I have labored in vain, I have spent my strength for nothing, and in vain: yet surely my due justice is with the LORD, and my recompense with my God.
Matthew 15:9
But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Acts 17:31
Because he has appointed a day, in which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he has ordained; and of this he has given assurance unto all men, in that he has raised him from the dead.
1 Corinthians 15:2
By which also you are saved, if you keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless you have believed in vain.
1 Corinthians 15:17
And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; you are yet in your sins.
Galatians 2:2
And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them who were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
1 Thessalonians 4:14
For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also who sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
James 1:26
If any man among you seems to be religious, and bridles not his tongue, but deceives his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
James 2:20
But will you know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?