And if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain.
And if Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still in your sins.
For since we believe that Jesus died and rose again, even so, through Jesus, God will bring with him those who have fallen asleep.
Do you want to be shown, you foolish person, that faith apart from works is useless?
I went up because of a revelation and set before them (though privately before those who seemed influential) the gospel that I proclaim among the Gentiles, in order to make sure I was not running or had not run in vain.
because he has fixed a day on which he will judge the world in righteousness by a man whom he has appointed; and of this he has given assurance to all by raising him from the dead.”
in vain do they worship me, teaching as doctrines the commandments of men.’”
and by which you are being saved, if you hold fast to the word I preached to you—unless you believed in vain.
But I said, “I have labored in vain; I have spent my strength for nothing and vanity; yet surely my right is with the Lord, and my recompense with my God.”
All in vain have I kept my heart clean and washed my hands in innocence.
Then he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters had subsided from the face of the ground.
If anyone thinks he is religious and does not bridle his tongue but deceives his heart, this person's religion is worthless.
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