1 Corinthians 15:14

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And if Christ has not been raised, our preaching is useless, and so is your faith.

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  • 1 Cor 15:17 : 17 And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile; you are still in your sins.
  • 1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.
  • Jas 2:20 : 20 Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith without works is useless?
  • Jas 1:26 : 26 If anyone thinks he is religious but does not bridle his tongue, and deceives his heart, his religion is worthless.
  • Gal 2:2 : 2 I went up because of a revelation and presented to them the gospel that I preach among the Gentiles, but I did this privately to those of reputation, so that I might ensure I was not running or had not run in vain.
  • Ps 73:13 : 13 Surely in vain I have kept my heart pure and washed my hands in innocence.
  • Isa 49:4 : 4 But I said, 'I have worked in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and futility. Yet surely my vindication is with the Lord, and my reward is with my God.'
  • Matt 15:9 : 9 They worship me in vain; their teachings are merely human rules.’
  • Acts 17:31 : 31 For he has set a day when he will judge the world with justice by the man he has appointed. He has given proof of this to everyone by raising him from the dead.
  • 1 Cor 15:2 : 2 Through this gospel you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
  • Gen 8:8 : 8 Then he sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.

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  • 1 Cor 15:15-22
    8 verses
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    15Furthermore, we are found to be false witnesses about God, because we have testified against God that He raised Christ from the dead, but He did not raise Him if in fact the dead are not raised.

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

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

    18Then also those who have fallen asleep in Christ have perished.

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

    20But now Christ has been raised from the dead, the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep.

    21For since death came through a man, the resurrection of the dead also comes through a man.

    22For just as in Adam all die, so also in Christ all will be made alive.

  • 1 Cor 15:11-13
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    11Whether then it is I or they, this is what we preach, and this is what you believed.

    12Now if it is preached that Christ has been raised from the dead, how can some of you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?

    13If there is no resurrection of the dead, then not even Christ has been raised.

  • 1 Cor 15:2-5
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    2Through this gospel you are being saved, if you hold firmly to the message I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.

    3For I passed on to you as of first importance what I also received: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures,

    4that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures,

    5and that he appeared to Cephas, and then to the Twelve.

  • 1 Cor 15:29
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    29Otherwise, what will those do who are baptized for the dead? If the dead are not raised at all, why then are they baptized for them?

  • 1 Thess 4:13-14
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    13But we do not want you to be uninformed, brothers, about those who have fallen asleep, so that you will not grieve like the rest, who have no hope.

    14For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, so also, through Jesus, God will bring with Him those who have fallen asleep.

  • Rom 8:9-11
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    69%

    9But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God lives in you. Now if anyone does not have the Spirit of Christ, they do not belong to Him.

    10But if Christ is in you, even though the body is dead because of sin, the Spirit gives life because of righteousness.

    11And if the Spirit of Him who raised Jesus from the dead lives in you, He who raised Christ from the dead will also give life to your mortal bodies through His Spirit who lives in you.

  • Rom 6:8
    68%

    8Now if we have died with Christ, we believe that we will also live with Him.

  • Mark 16:6
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    6He said to them, 'Do not be alarmed. You are looking for Jesus the Nazarene, who was crucified. He has risen! He is not here. Look at the place where they laid him.'

  • Gal 3:4
    68%

    4Did you suffer so much for nothing—if it really was for nothing?

  • Luke 24:6
    68%

    6He is not here; he has risen! Remember how he told you, while he was still in Galilee,

  • Acts 13:30
    67%

    30But God raised Him from the dead.

  • Eph 5:14
    67%

    14Therefore it says, "Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ will shine on you."

  • 2 Cor 4:14
    67%

    14We know that the One who raised the Lord Jesus will also raise us with Jesus and present us with you.

  • 1 Pet 1:21
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    21Through Him you believe in God, who raised Him from the dead and gave Him glory, so that your faith and hope are in God.

  • 1 Cor 15:42-44
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    67%

    42So it is with the resurrection of the dead: what is sown is perishable; what is raised is imperishable.

    43It is sown in dishonor; it is raised in glory. It is sown in weakness; it is raised in power.

    44It is sown a natural body; it is raised a spiritual body. If there is a natural body, there is also a spiritual body.

  • Matt 28:6
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    6'He is not here; He has risen, just as He said. Come and see the place where He was lying.'

  • 1 Cor 15:35
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    35But someone will ask, 'How are the dead raised? With what kind of body will they come?'

  • 1 Cor 15:32
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    32If I fought wild beasts in Ephesus merely from a human point of view, what benefit is that to me? If the dead are not raised, 'Let us eat and drink, for tomorrow we die.'

  • Acts 17:3
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    3He explained and presented evidence that it was necessary for the Christ to suffer and to rise from the dead, saying, 'This Jesus, whom I proclaim to you, is the Christ.'

  • Rom 6:5
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    5For if we have been united with Him in the likeness of His death, we will certainly also be united with Him in the resurrection.

  • Rom 4:24-25
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    24but also for us, to whom it will be credited—to those who believe in Him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead.

    25He was delivered up for our trespasses and raised for our justification.

  • Rom 14:9
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    9For this reason Christ died, returned to life, and rose again, so that He might be Lord of both the dead and the living.

  • Jas 2:17
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    17In the same way, faith by itself, if it does not have works, is dead.

  • 2 Cor 5:15
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    15And he died for all, so that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for the one who died for them and was raised.

  • 1 Thess 2:1
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    1Brothers and sisters, you yourselves know that our visit to you was not without purpose.

  • 2 Tim 2:18
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    18who have departed from the truth. They say that the resurrection has already taken place, and they destroy the faith of some.

  • Gal 2:21
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    21I do not set aside the grace of God, for if righteousness could come through the law, then Christ died for nothing.

  • 1 Cor 15:58
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    58Therefore, my beloved brothers and sisters, be steadfast, immovable, always excelling in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.

  • 1 Cor 6:14
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    14God has both raised the Lord and will also raise us up by His power.

  • Phil 3:11
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    11and so, somehow, attaining to the resurrection from the dead.

  • Luke 24:23
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    23but did not find his body. They came back and told us that they had seen a vision of angels, who said he was alive.

  • 2 Cor 4:12
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    12So then, death is at work in us, but life is at work in you.