13 [a]For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

14 [b]And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

15 And we are found also false witnesses of God: for we have testified of God, that he hath raised up Christ: whom he hath not raised up, if so be the dead be not raised.

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Footnotes

  1. 1 Corinthians 15:13 The second by an absurdity, If there is no resurrection of the dead, then is not Christ risen again.
  2. 1 Corinthians 15:14 The proof of that absurdity by other absurdities: If Christ be not risen again, the preaching of the Gospel is in vain, and the credit that you gave unto it is vain, and we are liars.

13 If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised. 14 And if Christ has not been raised,(A) our preaching is useless and so is your faith. 15 More than that, we are then found to be false witnesses about God, for we have testified about God that he raised Christ from the dead.(B) But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

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