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The Keystone of Christianity
Commentators unanimously describe Christ's resurrection as the absolute foundation of Christianity. Charles Spurgeon calls it the "keystone of the arch," explaining that if it is removed, "the whole tumbles down." Without the historical reality of the resurrection, the apostles' preaching is empty, and Christian faith has nothing to stand on, rendering the entire system a collapse.
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1 Corinthians
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Albert Barnes
On 1 Corinthians 15:14
18th Century
Theologian
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…
AT Robertson
On 1 Corinthians 15:14
Vain (κενον). Inanis, Vulgate. Old word, empty. Both Paul's preaching and their faith are empty if Christ has not been rais…
Charles Ellicott
On 1 Corinthians 15:14
19th Century
Bishop
If Christ be not risen.—Better, but if Christ is not raised; and so all through this passage.
Then is our preaching vai…
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Charles Spurgeon
On 1 Corinthians 15:9–14
19th Century
Preacher
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…
Expositor's Bible Commentary
On 1 Corinthians 15:14
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 …
John Calvin
On 1 Corinthians 15:14
16th Century
Theologian
Then is our preaching vain — not simply as having some mixture of falsehood, but as being altogether an empty fallacy. For what remains if…
John Gill
On 1 Corinthians 15:14
17th Century
Pastor
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…
Matthew Henry
On 1 Corinthians 15:12–19
17th Century
Minister
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…