KJV: And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.
YLT: and if Christ hath not risen, then void is our preaching, and void also your faith,
Darby: but if Christ is not raised, then, indeed, vain also is our preaching, and vain also your faith.
ASV: and if Christ hath not been raised, then is our preaching vain, your faith also is vain.
| Χριστὸς | Christ |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Masculine Singular Root: Χριστός Sense: Christ was the Messiah, the Son of God. |
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| ἐγήγερται | has been raised |
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Parse: Verb, Perfect Indicative Middle or Passive, 3rd Person Singular Root: ἐγείρω Sense: to arouse, cause to rise. |
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| κενὸν | [is] void |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: κενός Sense: empty, vain, devoid of truth. |
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| [καὶ] | also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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| κήρυγμα | preaching |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Neuter Singular Root: κήρυγμα Sense: that which is proclaimed by a herald or public crier, a proclamation by herald. |
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| ἡμῶν | of us |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 1st Person Plural Root: ἐγώ Sense: I, me, my. |
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| κενὴ | void |
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Parse: Adjective, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: κενός Sense: empty, vain, devoid of truth. |
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| καὶ | also |
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Parse: Conjunction Root: καί Sense: and, also, even, indeed, but. |
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| πίστις | faith |
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Parse: Noun, Nominative Feminine Singular Root: πίστις Sense: conviction of the truth of anything, belief; in the NT of a conviction or belief respecting man’s relationship to God and divine things, generally with the included idea of trust and holy fervour born of faith and joined with it. |
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| ὑμῶν | of you |
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Parse: Personal / Possessive Pronoun, Genitive 2nd Person Plural Root: σύ Sense: you. |
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Greek Commentary for 1 Corinthians 15:14
Inanis, Vulgate. Old word, empty. Both Paul‘s preaching and their faith are empty if Christ has not been raised. If the sceptics refuse to believe the fact of Christ‘s resurrection, they have nothing to stand on. [source]
Empty, a mere chimaera. [source]
Reverse Greek Commentary Search for 1 Corinthians 15:14
Lit., emptied. Rev., made void. Compare is made void, Romans 4:14, and the kindred adjective κενὸν, κενὴ vain 1 Corinthians 15:14. The nucleus of the apostolic preaching was a fact - Christ crucified. To preach it as a philosophic system would be to empty it of its saving power, a truth which finds abundant and lamentable illustration in the history of the Church. [source]
Old word from adverb ματην matēn (Matthew 15:9), devoid of truth, a lie. Stronger word than κενον kenon in 1 Corinthians 15:14. [source]
Power (Lightfoot) in the sense of assurance to believers in immortality (1 Corinthians 15:14.; Romans 8:11), in the triumph over sin (Romans 4:24.), in the dignity of the body (1 Corinthians 6:13.; Phlippians 3:21), in stimulating the moral and spiritual life (Galatians 2:20; Romans 6:4.; Colossians 2:12; Ephesians 2:5). See Westcott‘s The Gospel of the Resurrection, ii, 31. The fellowship of his sufferings (την κοινωνιαν των πατηματων αυτου tēn Koinéōnian tōn pathēmatōn autou). Partnership in (objective genitive) his sufferings, an honour prized by Paul (2 Corinthians 1:24). Becoming conformed to his death Present passive participle of συμμορπιζω summorphizō late verb from συμμορπος summorphos found only here and ecclesiastical writers quoting it. The Latin Vulgate uses configuro. See note on Romans 6:4 for συμπυτοι sumphutoi in like sense and 2 Corinthians 4:10. “The agony of Gethsemane, not less than the agony of Calvary, will be reproduced however faintly in the faithful servant of Christ” (Lightfoot). “In this passage we have the deepest secrets of the Apostle‘s Christian experience unveiled” (Kennedy). [source]
This explanatory γαρ gar takes up in 1 Thessalonians 2:1-12 the allusion in 1 Thessalonians 1:9 about the “report” concerning the entrance Note repeated article to sharpen the point. This proleptic accusative is common enough. It is expanded by the epexegetic use of the οτι ου κενη γεγονεν hoti clause that it hath not been found vain Literally, that it has not become empty. Second perfect active (completed state) of Κενος ginomai Every pastor watches wistfully to see what will be the outcome of his work. Bengel says: Non inanis, sed plena virtutis. Cf. 1 Thessalonians 1:5. ματαιος Kenos is hollow, empty, while κενον το κηρυγμα mataios is fruitless, ineffective. In 1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17 Paul speaks of ματαια η πιστις kenon to kērugma (empty the preaching) and mataia hē pistis (vain the faith). One easily leads to the other. [source]
This precise language in 2 Corinthians 1:3; Ephesians 1:3; and part of it in 2 Corinthians 11:31; Romans 15:6. See John 20:17 for similar language by Jesus.Great (πολυ polu). Much.Begat us again First aorist active articular The Stoics used αναγεννησις anagennēsis for παλινγενεσια palingenesia (Titus 3:5). If ανωτεν anōthen in John 3:3 be taken to mean “again,” the same idea of regeneration is there, and if “from above” it is the new birth, anyhow.Unto a living hope (εις ελπιδα ζωσαν eis elpida zōsan). Peter is fond of the word “living” (present active participle of ζαω zaō) as in 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 4:5, 1 Peter 4:6. The Pharisees cherished the hope of the resurrection (Acts 23:6), but the resurrection of Jesus gave it proof and permanence (1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17). It is no longer a dead hope like dead faith (James 2:17, James 2:26). This revival of hope was wrought “by the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (δια αναστασεως dia anastaseōs). Hope rose up with Christ from the dead, though the disciples (Peter included) were slow at first to believe it. [source]
First aorist active articular The Stoics used αναγεννησις anagennēsis for παλινγενεσια palingenesia (Titus 3:5). If ανωτεν anōthen in John 3:3 be taken to mean “again,” the same idea of regeneration is there, and if “from above” it is the new birth, anyhow.Unto a living hope (εις ελπιδα ζωσαν eis elpida zōsan). Peter is fond of the word “living” (present active participle of ζαω zaō) as in 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 4:5, 1 Peter 4:6. The Pharisees cherished the hope of the resurrection (Acts 23:6), but the resurrection of Jesus gave it proof and permanence (1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17). It is no longer a dead hope like dead faith (James 2:17, James 2:26). This revival of hope was wrought “by the resurrection of Jesus Christ” (δια αναστασεως dia anastaseōs). Hope rose up with Christ from the dead, though the disciples (Peter included) were slow at first to believe it. [source]
Peter is fond of the word “living” (present active participle of ζαω zaō) as in 1 Peter 1:23; 1 Peter 2:4, 1 Peter 2:5, 1 Peter 2:24; 1 Peter 4:5, 1 Peter 4:6. The Pharisees cherished the hope of the resurrection (Acts 23:6), but the resurrection of Jesus gave it proof and permanence (1 Corinthians 15:14, 1 Corinthians 15:17). It is no longer a dead hope like dead faith (James 2:17, James 2:26). This revival of hope was wrought “by the resurrection of Jesus Christ” Hope rose up with Christ from the dead, though the disciples (Peter included) were slow at first to believe it. [source]