Vain (κενον). Inanis, Vulgate. Old word, empty. Both Paul's preaching and their faith are empty if Christ has not been rais…

And if Christ be not risen, then is our preaching vain. Another consequence which must follow if it is held that there was no resurrection…

If Christ be not risen.—Better, but if Christ is not raised; and so all through this passage.

Then is our preaching vai…

For I am the least of the apostles, that am not meet to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I…

Paul now presents his major proposition. Some at Corinth had argued that there was no resurrection of the dead. He replies that this is absolutely …

Then is our preaching vain — not simply as having some mixture of falsehood, but as being altogether an empty fallacy. For what remains if…

And if Christ be not risen
If this is a truth, and must be taken as granted, as it must be, if there is no resurrect…

Having shown that Christ was risen, the apostle answers those who said there would be no resurrection. There would have been no justification or sa…

Having built up faith in the resurrection of Christ, the Apostle now proves the future resurrection of the dead by means of Christ's resurrection. …