1 CORINTHIANS 15:14 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.”
And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless and so is your faith — if Christ is not raised, apostolic preaching is empty (kenós: void, hollow) and faith is futile (mataia: vain). The resurrection is not one truth among others but the power animating all Christian proclamation.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:14
“And if Christ has not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.” Although what followed in due course would have been, “but if Christ be not risen, you fight against things evident, and against so many prophets, and the truth of facts;” nevertheless he states what is much more fearful to them: “then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.” For he wishes to shake thoroughly their mind: “we have lost all,” says he, “all is over, if He be not…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
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