1 Corinthians 15:17 (GNV)

Passage

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine: ye are yet in your sinnes.

Nearby Context

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.

1 Corinthians 15:17 And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vaine: ye are yet in your sinnes.

1 Corinthians 15:18 And so they which are a sleepe in Christ, are perished.

1 Corinthians 15:19 If in this life onely wee haue hope in Christ, we are of all men the most miserable.

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "faith", "christ", "raised", "vaine", and "sinnes". 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 16's "For if the dead be not raised..." into verse 18's "And so they which are a sleepe...", 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.