1 Corinthians 15:14 (GNV)

Passage

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

Nearby Context

1 Corinthians 15:12 Now if it be preached, that Christ is risen from the dead, how say some among you, that there is no resurrection of the dead?

1 Corinthians 15:13 For if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is Christ not risen:

1 Corinthians 15:14 And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vaine, and your faith is also vaine.

1 Corinthians 15:15 And we are found also false witnesses of God: for we haue testified of God, that he hath raised vp Christ: whome he hath not raised vp, if so be the dead be not raised.

1 Corinthians 15:16 For if the dead be not raised, then is Christ not raised.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "christ", "risen", "preaching", and "vaine". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "faith" and "christ", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The nearby context moves from verse 13's "For if there be no resurrection of..." into verse 15's "And we are found also false witnesses...", so "faith" and "christ" belong inside that flow. In 1 Corinthians context, the local focus is Christ, faith, and discipleship.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "faith" and "christ" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.