1 Corinthians 15:14

King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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

Grammatical Analysis

Original Text

Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς οὐκ ἐγήγερται, κενὸν ἄρα τὸ κήρυγμα ἡμῶν, κενὴ δὲ καὶ ἡ πίστις ὑμῶν.

Transliteration

Ei de Christos ouk egēgertai, kenon ara to kērygma hēmōn, kenē de kai hē pistis hymōn

Grammar Details

*Ei*: conditional conjunction - if
*de*: postpositive conjunction - and/also
*Christos*: nominative, masculine, singular - Christ
*ouk egēgertai*: perfect passive indicative, 3rd person singular with negation - has not been raised
*kenon*: adjective, nominative, neuter, singular - empty/vain
*ara*: inferential particle - then/consequently
*to kērygma*: nominative, neuter, singular - the preaching
*hēmōn*: genitive, 1st person plural - of us
*kenē*: adjective, nominative, feminine, singular - empty/vain
*kai*: conjunction - also
*hē pistis*: nominative, feminine, singular - the faith
*hymōn*: genitive, 2nd person plural - of you

Word Meanings

*Ei*: if/since
*de*: but/and/now
*Christos*: Christ/Messiah/Anointed One
*ouk egēgertai*: has not been raised/has not risen
*kenon*: empty/void/useless/vain
*ara*: then/consequently/therefore
*kērygma*: preaching/proclamation/message
*kenē*: empty/void/useless/vain
*kai*: also/even/too
*pistis*: faith/belief/trust

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King James Version with Strong's Numbers

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Referenced Verses

1 Cor 15:17 : 17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.
1 Thess 4:14 : 14 For if we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Jesus will God bring with him.
Jas 2:20 : 20 But wilt thou know, O vain man, that faith without works is dead?
Jas 1:26 : 26 If any man among you seem to be religious, and bridleth not his tongue, but deceiveth his own heart, this man's religion is vain.
Gal 2:2 : 2 And I went up by revelation, and communicated unto them that gospel which I preach among the Gentiles, but privately to them which were of reputation, lest by any means I should run, or had run, in vain.
Ps 73:13 : 13 Verily I have cleansed{H8765)} my heart in vain, and washed{H8799)} my hands in innocency.
Isa 49:4 : 4 Then I said, I have laboured in vain, I have spent my strength for nought, and in vain: yet surely my judgment is with the LORD, and my work with my God.
Matt 15:9 : 9 But in vain they do worship me, teaching for doctrines the commandments of men.
Acts 17:31 : 31 Because he hath appointed a day, in the which he will judge the world in righteousness by that man whom he hath ordained; whereof he hath given assurance unto all men, in that he hath raised him from the dead.
1 Cor 15:2 : 2 By which also ye are saved, if ye keep in memory what I preached unto you, unless ye have believed in vain.
Gen 8:8 : 8 Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground;

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