| Raymond Edward Brown - 1973 - 148 pagini
...generation, shall call her blessed. CHAPTER TWO THE PROBLEM OF THE BODILY RESURRECTION OF JESUS 119 "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain, and your faith is in vain" (I Cor 15:14). "I believe in Jesus Christ, His only Son, our Lord,... the third day he rose again from... | |
| Francis Ripley - 1973 - 332 pagini
...resurrection they would do so. They know that it is the chief point of the doctrine of his followers: "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain" (1 Cor. 15, 14). Those who claim not to accept Christ's resurrection simply discount the whole story,... | |
| Robert H. Gundry - 2005 - 284 pagini
...divine economy of salvation: 'if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised ; if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain . . . by a man has come also the resurrection of the dead ... in Christ shall all be made alive' (I... | |
| Walter Kasper - 1977 - 324 pagini
...unanimous evidence of the whole New Testament forms the basis and the core of the New Testament message: 'If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is invain'O Cor 15. 14;cf. 17.19l. Such clear and unambiguous language was evidently not easy for the... | |
| George Eldon Ladd - 1978 - 124 pagini
...Resurrection has become more than a hope; it has become an event. Everything depends upon this event. "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. We are even found to be misrepresenting God. ... If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile... | |
| Johan Christiaan Beker - 484 pagini
...lamented as a necessary part of "the human condition." It belongs to the "no longer" of Christian life: "If Christ has not been raised, your faith is futile and you are still [eft'] in your sins" (1 Cor. 15:17; cf. Rom. 6:7, 14,22). The power of sin has been eradicated in Christ.... | |
| Peter F. Ellis - 1982 - 302 pagini
...resurrection of the dead? "But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; uif Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. "We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom... | |
| Allen Verhey - 1984 - 264 pagini
...Bible stakes its case on history, but it is quite unconcerned about minute circumstantial accuracy. "If Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain" (I Cor. 15:14). All four Gospels recount the discovery of the empty tomb; but when they do, they are... | |
| Fred O. Francis, J. Paul Sampley - 1984 - 420 pagini
...resurrection of the dead? 1 ' But if there is no resurrection of the dead, then Christ has not been raised; "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain. "We are even found to be misrepresenting God, because we testified of God that he raised Christ, whom... | |
| Robert McAfee Brown - 1985 - 332 pagini
...resurrection faith is the Christian faith: "so we preach and so you believed" (v. 11). Put even more strongly, "if Christ has not been raised, then our preaching is in vain and your faith is in vain" (v. 14). This kind of testimony stands out on almost every page of the New Testament. Christ is risen... | |
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