Vain (ματαια). Old word from adverb ματην (Matthew 15:9), devoid of truth, a lie. Stronger word than κενον in verse 14…

Your faith is vain (1 Corinthians 15:14). The meaning of this passage here is that their faith was vain because, if Christ was…

Yes, and we are found false witnesses of God; because we have testified of God that he raised up Christ: whom he did not raise up, if the dead …

Paul draws additional hypothetical conclusions from the thesis that Christ has not risen from the dead: (1) Faith is not only vain or meaningless (…

You are still in your sins. For although Christ by His death atoned for our sins, so that they might no longer be imputed to us in the jud…

And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain
As before in (1 Corinthians 15:14) not only the doctrine…

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. …