1 Corinthians 15:17
King James Version
6 Jun 2026
“And if Christ be not raised, your faith is vain; ye are yet in your sins.”
Χριστός
The one set apart and equipped for a specific task. Oil was poured on kings, priests and prophets in the Old Testament — the anointing meant: this one is chosen, this one is sent. Jesus stands up in Nazareth and reads Isaiah — and then says: this is Me. I am the one sent.
ἐγείρω
has been raised,
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ἐγείρω
To raise up, to awaken, to arouse. Egeiro. He is not here He has risen. The resurrection is the pivot of history. Everything before it points to it. Everything after flows from it.
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πίστις
faith
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πίστις
Faith, trust, belief, faithfulness. Pistis. Without faith it is impossible to please God. Faith is the currency of the kingdom. Everything flows to those who trust God completely.
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μάταιος
is] futile
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μάταιος
empty, i.e. (literally) profitless, or (specially), an idol
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εἰμί
is;
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εἰμί
I exist (used only when emphatic)
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ἔτι
still
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ἔτι
"yet," still (of time or degree)
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εἰ
if
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εἰ
if, whether, that, etc.
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