1 Corinthians 15:17

17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

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1 Corinthians 15:17 in Other Translations

KJV

17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.

ESV

17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.

NLT

17 And if Christ has not been raised, then your faith is useless and you are still guilty of your sins.

MSG

17 And if Christ wasn't raised, then all you're doing is wandering about in the dark, as lost as ever.

CSB

17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is worthless; you are still in your sins.

1 Corinthians 15:17 Meaning and Commentary

1 Corinthians 15:17

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain
As before in ( 1 Corinthians 15:14 ) not only the doctrine of faith, but the grace of faith in Christ; even that faith, which is the faith of God's elect; the pure gift of his grace, and the operation of his power; which Christ is the object, author, and finisher of; and which he prays for, that it may not fail; and to which salvation is so often promised in the sacred Scriptures; and yet is vain, than which nothing can be more absurd: it follows,

ye are yet in your sins:
in a state of nature and unregeneracy, under the power and dominion of sin, being neither regenerated nor sanctified; for regeneration is owing to the resurrection of Christ from the dead, and is a branch of the power, virtue, and efficacy of it: but if Christ is not risen, there never was, is, or will be any such thing as regeneration and sanctification; things, if ever wrought by the Spirit, are done by him in virtue, and in imitation of the resurrection, as well as the death of Christ: moreover, if Christ is not risen, his people are under the guilt of their sins; there is no expiation nor remission of them, nor justification from them; for though he was delivered as a sacrifice to atone for their offences, and his blood was shed to obtain the forgiveness of their sins, yet he must be raised again for their justification, and be exalted as a Prince and a Saviour, as to give repentance, so remission of sins, or they will never enjoy these blessings; for notwithstanding his sufferings and death, if he lies under the power of the grave, they must remain under the power and guilt of sin, and be liable to everlasting punishment for it.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

1 Corinthians 15:17 In-Context

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. But he did not raise him if in fact the dead are not raised.

16 For if the dead are not raised, then Christ has not been raised either.

17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.

18 Then those also who have fallen asleep in Christ are lost.

19 If only for this life we have hope in Christ, we are of all people most to be pitied.