1 Corinthians 15:14

Good News Translation

and if Christ has not been raised from death, then we have nothing to preach and you have nothing to believe.

Parallel Translations

Easy-to-Read Version
And if Christ has never been raised, then the message we tell is worth nothing. And your faith is worth nothing.

Revised Standard Version
if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

Tyndale New Testament (1525)
If Christ be not rysen then is oure preachinge vayne and youre faith is also in vayne.

Hebrew Names Version
If Messiah has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith also is in vain.

International Standard Version
and if Christ has not been raised, then our message means nothing and yourour">[fn] faith means nothing.

New American Standard Bible
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, your faith also is in vain.

New Century Version
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is worth nothing, and your faith is worth nothing.

Update Bible Version
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is also vain, [and] your faith is also vain.

Webster's Bible Translation
And if Christ is not raised, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain.

English Standard Version
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.

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

Wesley's New Testament (1755)
And if Christ be not raised, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

Weymouth's 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.

Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And if Crist roos not, oure preching is veyn, oure feith is veyn.

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

Berean Standard Bible
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is worthless, and so is your faith.

Contemporary English Version
And if Christ wasn't raised to life, our message is worthless, and so is your faith.

Amplified Bible
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].

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

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.

Complete Jewish Bible
and if the Messiah has not been raised, then what we have proclaimed is in vain; also your trust is in vain;

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

Etheridge Translation
And if the Meshiha hath not risen, vain is our proclamation, and vain also your faith.

Murdock Translation
And if the Messiah hath not risen, our preaching is vain, and your faith also vain.

King James Version (1611)
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine:

New Living Translation
And if Christ has not been raised, then all our preaching is useless, and your faith is useless.

New Life Bible
If Christ was not raised from the dead, then what we preach to you is worth nothing. Your faith in Christ is worth nothing.

New Revised Standard
and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation has been in vain and your faith has been in vain.

Geneva Bible (1587)
And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine.

George Lamsa Translation
And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching in vain, and your faith is also in vain;

J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
And, if Christ, hath not been raised, void, after all, is our proclamation, void also, our faith, -

Douay-Rheims Bible
And if Christ be not risen again, then is our preaching vain: and your faith is also vain.

Bishop's Bible (1568)
If Christe be not rysen agayne, then is our preachyng vayne, and your fayth is also vayne.

Christian Standard Bible®
and if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is in vain, 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.

Lexham English Bible
But if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain.

Literal Translation
But if Christ has not been raised, then our proclamation is worthless, and your faith is also worthless.

Young's Literal Translation
and if Christ hath not risen, then void [is] our preaching, and void also your faith,

Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
Yf Christ be not rysen, then is oure preachinge in vayne,and youre faith is also in vayne:

Mace New Testament (1729)
and if Christ be not risen, then our preaching is empty talk, and your faith even meer amusement.

New English Translation
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is futile and your faith is empty.

New King James Version
And if Christ is not risen, then our preaching is empty and your faith is also empty.

Simplified Cowboy Version
And if he didn't come back, then everything we've told you is a farce . . . and so is your faith.

New American Standard Bible (1995)
and if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.

Legacy Standard Bible
And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is vain, your faith also is vain.

Contextual Overview

¹² Now, since our message is that Christ has been raised from death, how can some of you say that the dead will not be raised to life? ¹³ If that is true, it means that Christ was not raised; ¹⁴ and if Christ has not been raised from death, then we have nothing to preach and you have nothing to believe. ¹⁵ More than that, we are shown to be lying about God, because we said that he raised Christ from death—but if it is true that the dead are not raised to life, then he did not raise Christ. ¹⁶ For if the dead are not raised, neither has Christ been raised. ¹⁷ And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is a delusion and you are still lost in your sins. ¹⁸ It would also mean that the believers in Christ who have died are lost. ¹⁹ If our hope in Christ is good for this life only and no more, then we deserve more pity than anyone else in all the world.

Bible Verse Review
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1 Corinthians 15:2, 1 Corinthians 15:17, Psalms 73:13, Isaiah 49:4, Genesis 8:8, Matthew 15:9, Acts 17:31, Galatians 2:2, James 1:26, James 2:20

Reciprocal: Psalms 127:1 - they labour Mark 7:7 - in vain John 16:10 - righteousness Acts 25:19 - which Romans 10:9 - and shalt Galatians 2:21 - Christ

Cross-References

Genesis 15:1
After this, Abram had a vision and heard the Lord say to him, "Do not be afraid, Abram. I will shield you from danger and give you a great reward."

Genesis 15:2
But Abram answered, "Sovereign Lord , what good will your reward do me, since I have no children? My only heir is Eliezer of Damascus.

Genesis 15:4
Then he heard the Lord speaking to him again: "This slave Eliezer will not inherit your property; your own son will be your heir."

Genesis 15:5
The Lord took him outside and said, "Look at the sky and try to count the stars; you will have as many descendants as that."

Genesis 15:6
Abram put his trust in the Lord , and because of this the Lord was pleased with him and accepted him.

Genesis 15:7
Then the Lord said to him, "I am the Lord , who led you out of Ur in Babylonia, to give you this land as your own."

Genesis 15:9
He answered, "Bring me a cow, a goat, and a ram, each of them three years old, and a dove and a pigeon."

Genesis 15:11
Vultures came down on the bodies, but Abram drove them off.

Genesis 15:14
But I will punish the nation that enslaves them, and when they leave that foreign land, they will take great wealth with them.

Genesis 15:18
Then and there the Lord made a covenant with Abram. He said, "I promise to give your descendants all this land from the border of Egypt to the Euphrates River,

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And if Christ be not risen,.... If this is a truth, and must be taken as granted, as it must be, if there is no resurrection at all:

then is our preaching vain; false, empty, delusory, unprofitable, and useless; not only that part of it which more especially concerns the resurrection of Christ, but even the whole of it; preaching Christ as the Son of God, which was the subject of the apostle's ministry, and which he set out with, is to no purpose, if he is not risen; for one considerable proof of his sonship depends upon his resurrection, which is the declaration of it; for who can believe him to be the Son of God, if he is detained under the power of the grave? one reason why he could not be held of death, and the pains and cords of it, any longer than was necessary, and was his pleasure, was because he was the Son of God, as well as surety of his people, who had paid the whole debt: so the preaching of his incarnation, obedience, sufferings, and death, is of no use and avail, if he has not abolished death, and brought life and immortality to light, first in himself, and then for his people:

and your faith is also vain; either the grace of faith, by which they believed on Christ, or the doctrine of faith; or since this is repeated, 1 Corinthians 15:17 the one may be meant here, and the other there. The doctrine of faith they had given their assent to, not only respecting the resurrection of Christ, but any other truth relating to his person and office, must be vain and empty, and without any foundation; even that faith which is one, uniform, harmonious, and consistent, which was once delivered to the saints; which they are to stand fast in, to strive, contend, and fight for, and not part with at any rate, upon any account whatever; and yet this, and the preaching and belief of it, are useless and insignificant things, if Christ is not risen; such wretched absurdities must follow upon the denial of that truth.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

And if Christ is not risen, then is our preaching vain - Another consequence which must follow if it be held that there was no resurrection, and consequently that Christ was not risen. it would be vain and useless to preach. The substance of their preaching was that Christ was raised up; and all their preaching was based on that. If that were not true, the whole system was false, and Christianity was an imposition. The word vain here seems to include the idea of useless, idle, false. It would be “false” to affirm that the Christian system was from heaven; it would be useless to proclaim such a system, since it could save no one.

And your faith is also vain - It is useless to believe. It can be of no advantage. If Christ was not raised, he was an impostor, since he repeatedly declared that he would rise Matthew 16:21; Matthew 18:22-23; Luke 9:22, and since the whole of his religion depended on that. The system could not be true unless Christ had been raised, as he said he would be; and to believe a false system could be of no use to any man. The argument here is one addressed to all their feelings, their hopes, and their belief. It is drawn from all their convictions that the system was true. Were they, could they be prepared to admit a doctrine which involved the consequence that all the evidences which they had that the apostles preached the truth were delusive, and that all the evidences of the truth of Christianity which had affected their minds and won their hearts were false and deceptive? If they were not prepared for this, then it followed that they should not abandon or doubt the doctrine of the resurrection of the dead.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse 1 Corinthians 15:14. Then is our preaching vain — Our whole doctrine is useless, nugatory and false.

And your faith is also vain. — Your belief of a false doctrine must necessarily be to you unprofitable.