1 Corinthians 15:14

If Christ is not raised, apostolic preaching and the Corinthians' faith are empty. It matters because everything in Christianity rests on the resurrection.

Cross-references · 11

• 1 Cor 15:17And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
• 1 Th 4:14For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, we also believe that God will bring with Jesus those who have fallen asleep in Him.
• 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.”
• Matt 15:9They worship Me in vain; they teach as doctrine the precepts of men.’”
• Jas 2:20O foolish man, do you want evidence that faith without deeds is worthless?
• 1 Cor 15:2By this gospel you are saved, if you hold firmly to the word I preached to you. Otherwise, you have believed in vain.
• Isa 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.”
• Gal 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.
• Ps 73:13Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure; in innocence I have washed my hands.
• Gen 8:8Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
• Jas 1:26If anyone considers himself religious and yet does not bridle his tongue, he deceives his heart and his religion is worthless.

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