1 CORINTHIANS 15:17 — KING JAMES VERSION 0
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins — soteriological consequence: without resurrection, sin's penalty stands and faith has no redemptive power. The resurrection is not ornamental but salvific necessity.
Church Fathers on 1 Corinthians 15:17
“And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is vain.” With whatever is clear and confessed, he keeps on surrounding the resurrection of Christ, by means of the stronger point making even that which seems to be weak and doubtful, strong and clear. “You are yet in your sins.” For if He was not raised, neither did He die; and if He died not, neither did He take away sin: His death being the taking away of sin. “For behold,” says one, “the Lamb of God, which takes away the…
Nicene & Post-Nicene / Ante-Nicene Fathers translations · public domain
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a reflection on this verse
No reflections on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!