1 Corinthians 15:14 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. ”

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Albert 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 b...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

(5) And if Christ be not risen, then [is] our preaching vain, and your faith [is] also vain. (5) The proof of that absurdity, by other absurdities: if Christ is not risen again, the preaching of the...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

How, in face of this preaching, can any Christian say there is no resurrection? If a resurrection of the dead is out of the question this involves a denial that Christ has been raised. This fact, how...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

be not risen . has not been raised. preaching . App-121. faith . App-150. is also . also is .
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

14. Then is our preaching vain — not simply as having some mixture of falsehood, but as being altogether an empty fallacy. For what remains if Christ has been swallowed up by death — if he h...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Then is our preaching vain - Our whole doctrine is useless, nugatory and false. And your faith is also vain -...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Your faith is also vain ( 1 Corinthians 15:11 ). The Greek for "vain" here is empty, unreal х kenon (...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

(f) The Fact and the Doctrine of the Resurrection of the Dead Some Corinthians disbelieved in the resurrection of the dead—not, apparently, in Christ's Resurrection, though St. Paul felt this wo...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

If Christ be not risen. — Better, but if Christ be not raised; and so all through this passage. Then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. — The Apostles had preached a risen Chr...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Chapter 21 THE RESURRECTION OF CHRIST I. ITS PLACE IN THE CHRISTIAN CREED PAUL having now settled the minor questions of order in public worship, marriage, intercourse with the heathen, and the...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Christ's Resurrection Assures Ours 1 Corinthians 15:12-28 The argument here goes to show, first, that our resurrection is intimately connected with Christ's. There must be such a thing, because...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

The last fact of the "spiritualities" is the resurrection, and the apostle first gives the proof of the resurrection of Christ. His final proof was his own experience. It is evident that there were...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? (13) But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen: (14...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

THE DILEMMA ‘And if Christ be not risen, then is out preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.’ 1 Corinthians 15:14 The Apostle justly argued that if Christ be not risen it is another Chr...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire 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, unprofita...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain. Ver. 14. Then is our preaching vain ] Never was there any imposture put upon the world as Christianity, if...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Then is our preaching In consequence of a commission supposed to be given after his resurrection; vain Without any real foundation, and destitute of truth; and your faith In our preaching; is...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

This chapter itself forms a third division of the book, and deals with another most serious matter in Corinth. Some among them denied the resurrection of the dead. But the resurrection of Christ is t...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

The Resurrection of Saints. A. D. 57. 12 Now if Christ be preached that he rose from the dea...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Now, (saith the apostle), if Christ be not raised, in what a case are you! And we also, who have preached his resurrection to you! Our preaching is vain and false, and your faith is so also, for the...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

'And if Christ has not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.' The whole of the Apostolic teaching was based on the fact that Jesus Christ had died, been buried and had ri...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL NOTES 1 Corinthians 15:12 .—Cf. the strain of 1 Thessalonians 4:14 , or Romans 8:11 . Also see that it is “ Christ ” [and not first of all facts about Him] who is the burden and substa...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:12-14 The Certainty of the Resurrection Demonstrated. There are two propositions furnished by the Apostle in our text each is comprehensive of many truths, and may be divided int...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:1-2 . Moreover, Brethren, I declare unto you the gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, and wherein ye stand; by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memo...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:1 . I declare unto you the gospel by which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you. We have here an epitome of the whole gospel, comprising essentially th...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

EXPOSITION 1 Corinthians 15:1-46 The doctrine of the resurrection. This chapter, and the thirteenth, on Christian love, stand out, even among the writings of St. Paul, as pre-eminently be...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The resurrection of Christ basic for the Christian's faith:
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:17 ; 1 Corinthians 15:2 ; Acts 17:31 ; Galatians 2:2 ; Genesis 8:8 ; Isaiah 49:4 ; James 1:26 ; James 2:20 ; Matthew 15:9 ; Psalms 73:13
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Glorious Gospel 1 Corinthians 15:1-28 INTRODUCTORY WORDS The Apostle Paul said: "Moreover, brethren, I declare unto you the Gospel which I preached unto you, which also ye have received, a...
1 Corinthians 15:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

Then is our preaching — From a commission supposed to be given after the resurrection. Vain — Without any real foundation.

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - James Nisbet's Church Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:14 - L. M. Grant's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Sermon Bible Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Spurgeon’s Verse Expositions of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

1 Corinthians 15:14 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:14 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes